3-axis accelerometer ADXL345 and Arduino

The tutorial shows how to measure acceleration using the ADXL345 module for Arduino.

In this example we used the following elements:

• Arduino Uno

• System module such as the ADXL345 ADXL345 3-axis digital accelerometer I2C / SPI module

• Wire, for example, with hooks
• The ADXL345 library
  

Connect the sensor with Arduino:

The module communicates using the popular I2C bus. Thus, the connection to the Arduino needs to be done in the following way:

Connection diagram module ADXL345 with Arduino Uno.

Program for Arduino

At the beginning of the library you want to add to the environment of the Arduino (Sketch -> Include Library -> Add .ZIP Library...). In the example, we used the following code:

#include  
#include  
#include  

//Assign ID 
Adafruit_ADXL345_Unified accel = Adafruit_ADXL345_Unified(12345); 

void displaySensorDetails(void) 
{ 
 sensor_t sensor; 
 accel.getSensor(&sensor); 
 Serial.println("------------------------------------"); 
 Serial.print ("Sensor "); Serial.println(sensor.name); 
 Serial.print ("driver Version: "); Serial.println(sensor.version); 
 Serial.print ("ID: "); Serial.println(sensor.sensor_id); 
 Serial.print ("maximum Value: "); Serial.print(sensor.max_value); Serial.println(" m/s^2"); 
 Serial.print ("minimum Value: "); Serial.print(sensor.min_value); Serial.println(" m/s^2"); 
 Serial.print ("Resolution: "); Serial.print(sensor.resolution); Serial.println(" m/s^2"); 
 Serial.println("------------------------------------"); 
 Serial.println(""); 
 delay(500); 
} 

void displayDataRate(void) 
{ 
 Serial.print ("Speed: "); 

 switch(accel.getDataRate()) 
 { 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_3200_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("3200 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_1600_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("1600 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_800_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("800 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_400_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("400 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_200_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("200 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_100_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("100 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_50_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("50 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_25_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("25 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_12_5_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("12.5 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_6_25HZ: 
 Serial.print ("6.25 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_3_13_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("3.13 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_1_56_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("1.56 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_0_78_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("0.78 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_0_39_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("0.39 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_0_20_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("0.20 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_DATARATE_0_10_HZ: 
 Serial.print ("0.10 "); 
 break; 
 default: 
 Serial.print ("???? "); 
 break; 
 } 
 Serial.println(" Hz"); 
} 

void displayRange(void) 
{ 
 Serial.print ("Range: +/- "); 

 switch(accel.getRange()) 
 { 
 case ADXL345_RANGE_16_G: 
 Serial.print ("16 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_RANGE_8_G: 
 Serial.print ("8 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_RANGE_4_G: 
 Serial.print ("4 "); 
 break; 
 case ADXL345_RANGE_2_G: 
 Serial.print ("2 "); 
 break; 
 default: 
 Serial.print ("?? "); 
 break; 
 } 
 Serial.println(" g"); 
} 

void setup(void) 
{ 
 Serial.begin(9600); 
 Serial.println("--- Test accelerometer ADXL345 ---"); Serial.println(""); 

 //Initialize the module 
 if(!accel.begin()) 
 { 
 //Connection error 
 Serial.println("failed sensor -- Check connection!"); 
 while(1); 
 } 

 //Select the range 
 accel.setRange(ADXL345_RANGE_16_G); 
 // displaySetRange(ADXL345_RANGE_8_G); 
 // displaySetRange(ADXL345_RANGE_4_G); 
 // displaySetRange(ADXL345_RANGE_2_G); 

 //Wyświetelnie information 
 displaySensorDetails(); 

 //Show additional settings 
 displayDataRate(); 
 displayRange(); 
 Serial.println(""); 
} 

void loop(void) 
{ 
 sensors_event_t event; 
 accel.getEvent(&event); 

 //Output in m/sec^2) 
 Serial.print("X: "); Serial.print(event.acceleration.x); Serial.print(" "); 
 Serial.print("Y: "); Serial.print(event.acceleration.y); Serial.print(" "); 
 Serial.print (": "); Serial.print(event.acceleration.C); the Serial.print(" ");Serial.println("m/s^2 "); 
 delay(500); 
} 

The program displays the acceleration along three axes are given in m/sec^2. The results of the program can be seen below:

A screenshot of the serial monitor.