{"product_id":"adafruit-h3lis331-ultra-high-range-triple-axis-accelerometer-stemma-qt-qwiic","title":"Adafruit H3LIS331 Ultra High Range Triple-Axis Accelerometer","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s not hard to find an accelerometer that can measure accelerations up to 16g, but if you need an accelerometer that can measure even larger amounts of acceleration, your options narrow (The \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-icm-20649-wide-range-30g-4000dps-6-dof-imu-stemma-qt-qwiic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eICM20649\u003c\/a\u003e is a great sensor and can measure up to ±30g).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter the\u003cstrong\u003e LIS331 family\u003c\/strong\u003e of accelerometers from ST, including the \u003cstrong\u003eH3LIS331\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-lis331-triple-axis-wide-range-24g-accelerometer-stemma-qt-qwiic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eLIS331HH\u003c\/a\u003e. As their model numbers may suggest, the LIS331s are close cousins to the venerable \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-lis3dh-triple-axis-accelerometer-2g-4g-8g-16g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eLIS3DH\u003c\/a\u003e accelerometer that is on every Circuit Playground, from the Circuit Playground Classic to the newest Circuit Playground Bluefruit. The LIS331s however can measure a wider range of acceleration values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eLIS331HH\u003c\/strong\u003e is capable of measuring up to \u003cstrong\u003e±24g\u003c\/strong\u003e on each of its three axes! Should that not be enough for you the \u003cstrong\u003eH3LIS331\u003c\/strong\u003e will certainly have you covered. At the reasonable cost of some signal noise at lower “human-level” accelerations, the \u003cstrong\u003eH3LIS331\u003c\/strong\u003e can measure up to \u003cstrong\u003e±400g!\u003c\/strong\u003e The mind boggles at trying to think of what would need to measure that much acceleration. Perhaps you bought a surplus \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orders_of_magnitude_(acceleration)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eSprint missile\u003c\/a\u003e to start your own space program, or maybe you have an idea for a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/stories\/editorial\/man-behind-high-speed-safety-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003erocket sled\u003c\/a\u003e based pizza delivery startup. The sky is the limit!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to their substantial measurement capability, the LIS331s have built-in and \u003cstrong\u003econfigurable high-pass and low-pass filters\u003c\/strong\u003e to adjust the readings to your application.\u003cstrong\u003e Adjustable data\u003c\/strong\u003e rates also allow you to adjust how frequently to take measurements depending on your power budget, and \u003cstrong\u003eSPI and I2C\u003c\/strong\u003e interfaces give them flexibility to allow them to be used in a range of applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe breakout for the LIS331 family takes one of these little dynamos and puts it on a custom made PCB in the\u003ca title=\"STEMMA QT form factor\" href=\"\/en-eu\/collections\/stemma-qt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSTEMMA QT\u003c\/strong\u003e form factor\u003c\/a\u003e, making them easy to interface with. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/introducing-adafruit-stemma-qt\/what-is-stemma-qt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eSTEMMA QT connectors\u003c\/a\u003e on either side are compatible with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/qwiic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eSparkFun Qwiic\u003c\/a\u003e I2C connectors. This allows you to make solderless connections between your development board and the LIS331s or to chain them with a wide range of other sensors and accessories using a \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/jst-sh-cable-qwiic-stemma-qt-compatible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecompatible cable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Adafruit have of course broken out all the pins to standard headers and added a voltage regulator and level shifting so allow you to use it with either 3.3V or 5V systems such as the Metro M4 or Arduino Uno respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFancy as they are, breakouts alone won’t get you far, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/adafruit-h3lis331-and-lis331hh-high-g-3-axis-accelerometers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eso Adafruit have written libraries for CircuitPython and Arduino along with example code to make them simple to use.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31964045443155,"sku":"ADA4627","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/4627-00.jpg?v=1593689417","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-h3lis331-ultra-high-range-triple-axis-accelerometer-stemma-qt-qwiic","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}