{"id":2053,"date":"2007-11-10T02:05:23","date_gmt":"2007-11-10T06:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2007\/11\/10\/lis302dl-%e2%80%94-wii-accelerometer\/"},"modified":"2017-08-18T18:02:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T18:02:57","slug":"lis302dl-wii-accelerometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2007\/11\/10\/lis302dl-wii-accelerometer\/","title":{"rendered":"LIS302DL \u2014 Wii Accelerometer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julianbleecker\/1942292318\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2402\/1942292318_4554d2689a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Wii Accelerometer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to mess with this thing for a spell, but I couldn&#8217;t find a breakout board at the usual places, so I just up and made one. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.st.com\/stonline\/products\/literature\/ds\/12726\/lis302dl.htm\">LIS302DL 3-axis accelerometer<\/a> is used in the Wii&#8217;s controller, as best as I know. Cool little 2D barcode on the chip there, huh?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty nice \u2014 digital, SPI and TWI compatible, with a pair of interrupt signals to wake your whatever up when it sense acceleration above certain thresholds. Competitively priced with respect to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.analog.com\/en\/prod\/0,2877,ADXL330,00.html\">ADXL330 3-axis analog accelerometer<\/a> I&#8217;ve been using. I&#8217;ve played with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.st.com\/stonline\/products\/literature\/ds\/11115\/lis3lv02dq.htm\">LIS3LV02DQ<\/a>, which is also by ST Microelectronics \u2014 this one is smaller, and a little cheaper and a much lower pin count.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julianbleecker\/1941441103\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2392\/1941441103_be71cd5a8e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Wii Accelerometer\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Why&#8217;s it sitting on an old PCB with a clip holding it down? I got these boards done quite thin for some reason \u2014 just &#8217;cause, I guess. Turns out the hot air I normally use to do reflow soldering just about warm up the PCB enough so it goes a bit soft. In a vice grip, it starts to warp! That&#8217;s just not good. This is my alternate jig \u2014 but, next time I&#8217;m back to the regular thickness FR4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to mess with this thing for a spell, but I couldn&#8217;t find a breakout board at the usual places, so I just up and made one. The LIS302DL 3-axis accelerometer is used in the Wii&#8217;s controller, as best as I know. Cool little 2D barcode on the chip there, huh? 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