LIS3DH Hookup Guide
Contributors:
MTaylor
Resources and Going Further
You should now have a basic understanding of how to use the LIS3DH, but if you need some more information check out the following links:
- LIS3DH Breakout Github repo -- Design files.
- SparkFun LIS3DH Arduino Library Github Repo -- arduino library.
- LIS3DH Datasheet -- Hardware information and register map.
- LIS3DH AppNote -- Descriptive material showing basic usage.
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