Accelerometers and Inertial Motion Sensors (IMUs) detect the 3D orientation and acceleration of the object that they're attached to – for example, a wand, or a glove.
The Equipment Room has the following sensor boards. I believe that all of them have example code for the Arduino. Some of them require that you download one or more libraries. (The tutorials and example code document how to do this.)
Also see Properties of Electronic Components
Name | Sensors | Interface | Documentation | Product | Description |
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Adafruit BNO055 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout | 9DOF3-Axis Accelerometer3-Axis Magnetometer3-Axis Gyroscope | I2C | |||
Gravity BNO055+BMP280 intelligent 10DOF AHRS | 9DOF3-Axis Accelerometer3-Axis Magnetometer3-Axis GyroscopeBarometer | I2CGrove | You can also use the Adafruit BNO055 tutorial. | ||
Grove ADXL335 3-Axis Analog Accelerometer | 3-Axis Accelerometer | Analog | |||
Grove ADXL345 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer | 3-Axis Accelerometer | I2CGrove | |||
Grove 3-Axis Digital Compass | 3-Axis Magnetometer | I2C | |||
Grove 6-Axis Accelerometer & Compass | 3-Axis Accelerometer | I2C |