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9 Degrees of Freedom - Sensor Stick

userHead jessy 2011-06-20 21:57:12 4821 Views1 Replies
I ordered a Sparkfun 9DoF stick (SEN0088) and I can't talk to the magnetometer unless I press (quite heavily) on the chip.

Here is some Bus Pirate output showing the problem...
I2C>(1)
Searching I2C address space. Found devices at:
0xA6(0x53 W) 0xA7(0x53 R) 0xD0(0x68 W) 0xD1(0x68 R)


I2C>(1)
Searching I2C address space. Found devices at:
0x3A(0x1D W) 0x3C(0x1E W) 0xA6(0x53 W) 0xA7(0x53 R) 0xD0(0x68 W) 0xD1(0x68 R)

Looking at the Sparkfun page this is a known issue with some of these boards :(
2011-06-21 07:38:21 Well, that is really "lucky".  We can replace your 9 dof. userHeadPic R2D2C3PO