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LSM6DSL IMU Sensor

Measure linear acceleration, angular rate, and temperature from LSM6DSL sensor

Since R2021a

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Add-On Required: This feature requires the Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware add-on.

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Libraries:
Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware / Sensors

Description

The LSM6DSL IMU Sensor block measures linear acceleration and angular rate along the X, Y, and Z axis using the LSM6DSL Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor interfaced with the Arduino® hardware. This 6-Degree of Freedom (DoF) IMU sensor comprises of an accelerometer and gyroscope used to measure linear acceleration and angular rate, respectively. The block also measures the temperature from the embedded temperature sensor in LSM6DSL Sensor.

You can also use the composite filter option in the block for the accelerometer values, and use the high pass and low pass filter options for gyroscope values.

Ports

Output

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You can select the active sensor(s) to measure angular velocity, acceleration, temperature, or a combination of these measurements.

The block outputs acceleration as a n-by-3 vector, where n is the value specified as Samples per frame. Each value represents the measurement of acceleration in m/s^2 along the X, Y, and Z axes.

Dependencies

This output port appears only if you select the Acceleration (m/s2) parameter.

Data Types: double

The block outputs angular velocity as a n-by-3 vector, where n is the value specified as Samples per frame. Each value represents the measurement of angular velocity in radians per second (rad/s) along the X, Y, and Z axes.

Dependencies

This output port appears only if you select the Angular Velocity (rad/s) parameter.

Data Types: double

Temperature (in ℃) measured by LSM6DSL sensor connected to Arduino board.

Dependencies

This output port appears only if you select the Temperature (℃) parameter.

Data Types: double

Status of acceleration, angular velocity and temperature measurements, specified as a 1-by-3 vector. 0 indicates that the data read is new, 1 indicates that the data read is not new, and -1 indicates that the corresponding output is not selected.

Dependencies

This output port appears only if you select the Status parameter.

Data Types: int8

Timestamp (in seconds) at which data is read from the sensor, returned as n-by-1 matrix, where n is the value specified as Samples per frame.

Dependencies

This output port appears only if you select the Timestamp parameter.

Data Types: double

Parameters

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Main

Specify the I2C module on the Arduino hardware to communicate with sensor peripherals. For more information on the Arduino pin mapping and modules that hardware boards support, see Pin Mapping for Arduino Timer Independent Blocks.

The peripheral addresses to communicate with the accelerometer and gyroscope peripherals on the LSM6DSL sensor are decided by the state of the SDO/SA0 pin on the hardware board. This table provides the peripheral addresses corresponding to the pin and their state.

Pin NamePin StatePeripheral Address
SDO/SA000x6A
10x6B

Select this parameter to set Acceleration as one of the output ports.

Select this parameter to set Angular Velocity as one of the output ports.

Select this parameter to set Temperature as one of the output ports.

Select this parameter to set Status as one of the output ports.

Select this parameter to set Timestamp as one of the output ports.

Specify the number of samples that the block outputs.

The value that you specify here is also used to compute the output sample time:

Output sample time = Samples per frame * Sample time.

Specify how often this block reads the data from the LSM6DSL sensor. When you set this parameter to -1, Simulink determines the best sample time for the block based on the block context within the model. The output sample time is the product of Samples per frame and Sample time that you specify.

Advanced

Accelerometer

Select the full scale for measuring linear acceleration (the range of acceleration that the sensor needs to measure).

Select the output data rate at which accelerometer data is sampled, which also determines the bandwidth.

Select the required bandwidth of the low-pass digital filter.

Select the type of composite filter used in the filtering chain for reading accelerometer values.

Select the required bandwidth of the high pass filter in the composite filter used in the filtering chain.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only if you select High pass filter in the Select composite filter parameter.

Select the required bandwidth of the low pass filter in the composite filter used in the filtering chain.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only if you select Low pass filter in the Select composite filter parameter.

Gyroscope

Select the full scale for measuring angular velocity (the range of angular velocity that the sensor needs to measure).

Select the output data rate at which gyroscope data is sampled, which also determines the bandwidth.

Enable the high pass filter for reading gyroscope values.

Select the required bandwidth of the high pass filter for reading gyroscope values.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only if you select the Enable high pass filter parameter.

Enable the low pass filter for reading gyroscope values.

Select the required bandwidth mode of the low pass filter for reading gyroscope values.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only if you select the Enable low pass filter parameter.

Version History

Introduced in R2021a

See Also

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