Got a new sensor in! A Sensor Stick.

I received a new sensor in the mail last week from China.  I ordered it online from Amazon at 10DOF (L3G4200D+ADXL345+HMC5883L+BMP085) Sensor Stick Breakout- for MWC/KK/ACM. As you can see from this photo, it is pretty small.  I wanted to get a gyro and accelerometer to use for an experiment that I was thinking about for the future and saw this online.


The description on the Amazon website says:

"This 10DOF sensor breakout is a very small sensor board with 10 degrees of freedom. It includes the ADXL345 accelerometer, HMC5883L magnetometer, BMP085,and the L3G4200D gyro. This break has a simple I2C interface and a mounting hole for fixing to your multi-project. just have a fund with it.

• The ADXL345 is a small, thin, ultralow power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16 g. Digital output data is formatted as 16 bit twos complement and is accessible through either a SPI (3- or 4-wire) or I2C digital interface. The ADXL345 is well suited for mobile device applications. It measures the static acceleration of gravity in tilt-sensing applications, as well as dynamic acceleration resulting from motion or shock.
• The Honeywell HMC5883L is a surface-mount, multi-chip module designed for low-field magnetic sensing with a digital interface for applications such as low-cost compassing and magnetometry. The HMC5883L includes our state-of-the-art, high-resolution HMC118X series magneto-resistive sensors plus an ASIC containing amplification, automatic degaussing strap drivers, offset cancellation, and a 12-bit ADC that enables 1° to 2° compass heading accuracy.
• The BMP085 is a high-precision, ultra-low power barometric pressure sensor for use in advanced mobile applications. It offers superior performance with an absolute accuracy of down to 0.03 hPa and using very low power consumption down to 3 µA.The BMP085 comes in an ultra-thin, robust 8-pin ceramic lead-less chip carrier (LCC) package, designed to be connected directly to a micro-controller of a mobile device via the I²C bus.
• The L3G4200D is a 3 axis gyroscope, providing you with very high resolution (16 bit) measurements at up to 2000 degrees per second (dps). The gyroscope measures how much the device is rotating around all three axis, the range is user selectable and so can be adjusted to suit your application."

Obviously, I should be able to have fun with this.  One item that I did note was that the BMP085 is capable of outputting temperature readings along with the Barometric Pressure.  The barometric pressure readings give you a sense of altitude.  The sensor stick is apparently for use in small RC plane or helo type applications.  I plan on using most of the sensors for on the ground operation.  The sensor will give me the ability to have a sensor to work out a balance bot.  Woot!