The Arduino 9 Axes Motion Shield is based on the BNO055 absolute orientation sensor from Bosch Sensortec GmbH. The BNO055 is a System in Package (SiP), integrating a triaxial 14-bit accelerometer, a triaxial 16-bit gyroscope with a range of ±2000 degrees per second, a triaxial geomagnetic sensor and a 32-bit microcontroller running the BSX3.0 FusionLib software. 

The sensor features three-dimensional acceleration, yaw rate and magnetic field strength data each in 3 perpendicular axes. 

 It also provides the sensor fusion signals such as 

Quaternion

Euler angles

Rotation vector

Linear acceleration

Gravity vector

In addition, it incorporates an intelligent interrupt engine, which allows for triggering interrupts based on

slow or no motion recognition

any motion (slope) detection 

high-g-detection.

The shield is also TinkerKit compatible, which means you can quickly create projects by plugging TinkerKit modules to the board.

The Arduino 9 Axes Motion Shield has no power jack and is powered only when attached to an Arduino board.

Operating Voltage          5V

Power Consumption      50mW

Input and Output

The shield features several TinkerKit input/output and communication interfaces. Connecting TinkerKit modules can simplify the creation of a project or a prototype. 

The on-board connectors are :

2 TinkerKit Inputs: IN2 and IN3 (in white), these connectors are routed to the Arduino A2 and A3 analog input pins.

2 TinkerKit Outputs: OUT5 and OUT6 (in orange), these connectors are routed to the Arduino PWM outputs on pins 5 and 6.

2 TinkerKit TWI: these connectors (4-pin in white) are routed on the Arduino TWI interface. Both connect to the same TWI interface to allow you to create a chain of TWI devices.

The 9 Axes Motion Shield can be programmed with the Arduino software

Examples

In the Arduino IDE you will find the following examples, go to File -> Examples of Arduino IDE, under NAxesMotion, there are 4 sketches for the use of 9 Axes Motion Shield:

Accelerometer
Example code to stream Accelerometer data

BareMinimum
Example code to describe the Bare Minimum

Euler
Example code to stream Euler data

Motion
Example code of a game to demonstrate the Any motion and No motion Interrupt features