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Inclinometer 4 Click

Inclinometer 4 Click is a compact add-on board designed to measure angles of slope or elevation of an object concerning gravity's direction. This board features the FXLS8971CF, a 3-axis low-g MEMS accelerometer from NXP Semiconductor. The FXLS8971CF offers high-performance and low-power modes, with selectable full-scale ranges of ±2/4/8/16g and features such as selectable output data rates, motion detection, and a 144-byte output data buffer.

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Click library

  • Author : Stefan Filipovic
  • Date : Jun 2024.
  • Type : I2C/SPI type

Software Support

We provide a library for the Inclinometer 4 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for Inclinometer 4 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

Example key functions :

Example Description

This example demonstrates the use of Inclinometer 4 Click board by reading and displaying accel data (X, Y, and Z axis) as well as temperature measurements on the USB UART.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes the driver and performs the Click default configuration which enables data ready interrupt on INT2 pin and sets full scale range to +/-2G and output data rate to 160ms.

void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
inclinometer4_cfg_t inclinometer4_cfg;
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
inclinometer4_cfg_setup( &inclinometer4_cfg );
INCLINOMETER4_MAP_MIKROBUS( inclinometer4_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
err_t init_flag = inclinometer4_init( &inclinometer4, &inclinometer4_cfg );
if ( ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) || ( SPI_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
for ( ; ; );
}
if ( INCLINOMETER4_ERROR == inclinometer4_default_cfg ( &inclinometer4 ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Default configuration." );
for ( ; ; );
}
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

Application Task

Waits for a data ready interrupt, then reads and displays the accel data (X, Y, and Z axis) as well as temperature measurements on the USB UART.

void application_task ( void )
{
// Wait for a data ready interrupt
while ( inclinometer4_get_int2_pin ( &inclinometer4 ) );
if ( INCLINOMETER4_OK == inclinometer4_get_data ( &inclinometer4, &accel_data ) )
{
log_printf( &logger, " X: %.3f g\r\n", accel_data.x );
log_printf( &logger, " Y: %.3f g\r\n", accel_data.y );
log_printf( &logger, " Z: %.3f g\r\n", accel_data.z );
log_printf( &logger, " Temperature: %d degC\r\n\n", ( int16_t ) accel_data.temperature );
}
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

  • MikroSDK.Board
  • MikroSDK.Log
  • Click.Inclinometer4

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART Click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.


inclinometer4_s
Inclinometer 4 Click context object.
Definition: inclinometer4.h:351
inclinometer4_data_t
Inclinometer 4 Click Axes data structure.
Definition: inclinometer4.h:400
inclinometer4_set_mode
err_t inclinometer4_set_mode(inclinometer4_t *ctx, uint8_t mode)
Inclinometer 4 set mode function.
inclinometer4_data_t::z
float z
Definition: inclinometer4.h:403
INCLINOMETER4_OK
@ INCLINOMETER4_OK
Definition: inclinometer4.h:414
application_task
void application_task(void)
Definition: main.c:67
inclinometer4_get_int2_pin
uint8_t inclinometer4_get_int2_pin(inclinometer4_t *ctx)
Inclinometer 4 get int2 pin function.
inclinometer4_data_t::y
float y
Definition: inclinometer4.h:402
inclinometer4_data_t::temperature
int8_t temperature
Definition: inclinometer4.h:404
inclinometer4_data_t::x
float x
Definition: inclinometer4.h:401
inclinometer4_cfg_t
Inclinometer 4 Click configuration object.
Definition: inclinometer4.h:374
inclinometer4_default_cfg
err_t inclinometer4_default_cfg(inclinometer4_t *ctx)
Inclinometer 4 default configuration function.
application_init
void application_init(void)
Definition: main.c:30
inclinometer4_init
err_t inclinometer4_init(inclinometer4_t *ctx, inclinometer4_cfg_t *cfg)
Inclinometer 4 initialization function.
inclinometer4_get_data
err_t inclinometer4_get_data(inclinometer4_t *ctx, inclinometer4_data_t *data_out)
Inclinometer 4 get data function.
inclinometer4_cfg_setup
void inclinometer4_cfg_setup(inclinometer4_cfg_t *cfg)
Inclinometer 4 configuration object setup function.
INCLINOMETER4_ERROR
@ INCLINOMETER4_ERROR
Definition: inclinometer4.h:415
INCLINOMETER4_MAP_MIKROBUS
#define INCLINOMETER4_MAP_MIKROBUS(cfg, mikrobus)
MikroBUS pin mapping.
Definition: inclinometer4.h:315