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6-Axis IMU Usage on Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Sense

https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-BLE-Sense-IMU-Usage/

[Makotoo911]

The note says "Once I upload the code, the code will not automatically run until I click on the Serial Monitor in the upper right corner of the Arduino window. "I would like to have it run without starting the serial monitor.How do I get it to run without launching the Serial Monitor?

[xzxcessarr]

Hello! Thanks for your feedback, actually, when you flash the code into the board and all is well, it will run at background, we say that means you can use the serial monitor to get the data, however you can replace the function of "println" to "print" from the example code we provide, so you can use other serial monitor to read the data printed by your board

[TobiasReich]

The Freefall Sample does not seem to work anymore. (All others seem to work fine so it's outdated code perhaps?)
Does anyone have a nice update version of it?

[xzxcessarr]

Hello, after receiving the feedback, we have posted the blog in forum for reference: https://forum.seeedstudio.com/t/xiao-nrf52840-sense-free-falls-sleep-double-tap-wake-up-demo/272176

[srydn]

Hello,
I get these results and they never change,

Accelerometer:
X1 = 0.7291
Y1 = 0.7291
Z1 = 0.7291

Gyroscope:
X1 = 104.5800
Y1 = 104.5800
Z1 = 104.5800

Thermometer:
Degrees C1 = inf
Degrees F1 = inf

[rituWork12]

I am also getting the same result

[supaicy]

Have you resolved this issue?
If so, please let me know how you resolved it.
Seeing the "Device error" message printed on the first line of the serial monitor, it seems like the problem might be with the I2C connection.

[supaicy]

As the person above mentioned, the IMU data keeps outputting the same value, and "Device error" appears on the first line of the serial monitor. Please let me know how to resolve this issue.

[j-era]

Is still not working with the Sense Plus Version, right? Seeed-Studio/Seeed_Arduino_LSM6DS3#24

[j-era]

Works with -> Seeed-Studio/Seeed_Arduino_LSM6DS3#24 (comment)

[j-era]

Seeed-Studio/Seeed_Arduino_LSM6DS3#25

[bleaaach]

Hi, please use this released library:https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/Seeed_Arduino_LSM6DS3/releases/tag/v2.0.4

[bleaaach]

Hi, yes, currently only the sense can be used. If the sense plus board is selected, a device error will be reported.

[viivai]

This library used to work for my nRF52840 Sense board. However, today I tried loading HighLevelExample and I got compilation errors, see below. Arduino examples such as Blink and StingToInt (serial communication) work fine. Is there a solution or update I missed?

Arduino/libraries/Seeed_Arduino_LSM6DS3/LSM6DS3.cpp: In member function 'status_t LSM6DS3Core::beginCore()':
Arduino/libraries/Seeed_Arduino_LSM6DS3/LSM6DS3.cpp:108:17: error: 'class arduino::MbedSPI' has no member named 'setBitOrder'
SPI.setBitOrder(MSBFIRST);
^~~~~~~~~~~
exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

[ReKST-117]

Hi, I think you should update the library. I just tested the device with latest git library and it work well. Just remove the old library, download the latest one and install it.

[viivai]

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