ICM 20608-G Specifications and Applications

• It is a multi-purpose sensor that consists of gyroscopes, an accelerometer, temperature sensor; it tracks the motion of a device.
• ICM 20608-G is used for motion tracking(6-axis motion tracking device), it consists of a 3-axis gyroscope, a 3-axis accelerometer a temperature sensor in small(few mm) chips.
• Gyroscope- used to measure or sense inertial motion.
• Accelerometer- used to measure or detect the acceleration of a body.
• The chip also consists of a digital temperature sensor, interrupts, ADCs, registers, and serial interface.
• Let’s see how all these components are blocked together

• input—-> accelerometer or gyroscope—> to ADC—>
  Signal filters—> stored in Registers—> FIFO used—> interface with microcontroller.

Pin Diagram of ICM 20608-G

• 1 VIDEO – digital input/output supply voltage pin.
• 2, SCL/SCLK – I2C serial clock (SCL) or SPI serial clock (SCLK).
• 3, is used as SDA for I2C serial data , SDI for SPI serial data input.
• 4, is used as AD0 for I2C slave address LSB , SDO for SPI serial data output.
• 5, CS chip select Its value is – LOW is SPI mode , HIGH is I2C mode.
• 6, INT – interrupt digital output
• 7, RESV, is a reserved pin, not connected.
• 8, FSYNC synchronized digital input, ground if not used.
• Pin-9 to Pin-12 are, RESV, reserved pins, not connected.
• 13, GND is the ground pin.
• 14, RAGOUT filter capacitor connection
• 15, RESV reserved pin
• 16, VDD power supply pin.

Applications of ICM 20608-G

• Handset and portable gaming
• Drones and toy planes
• Motion-based game controllers
• Mobile phones and tablets
• 3D remote controls for Internet-connected TVs and set top boxes
• Wearable sensors for health, fitness, and sports
• Hobby projects