ESP8266 and BMI160 sensor example

The BMI160 is a small, low power, low noise 16-bit inertial measurement unit designed for use in mobile applications like augmented reality or indoor navigation which require highly accurate, real-time sensor data.

In full operation mode, with both the accelerometer and gyroscope enabled, the current consumption is typically 950 μA, enabling always-on applications in battery driven devices. It is available in a compact 14-pin 2.5 x 3.0 x 0.8 mm³ LGA package.

Features

Parts List

Here are the parts I used

Connection

Code

This example used the following library – https://github.com/hanyazou/BMI160-Arduino

#include <BMI160Gen.h>

const int select_pin = 10;
const int i2c_addr = 0x69;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600); // initialize Serial communication
  while (!Serial);    // wait for the serial port to open

  // initialize device
  //BMI160.begin(BMI160GenClass::SPI_MODE, select_pin);
  BMI160.begin(BMI160GenClass::I2C_MODE, i2c_addr);
}

void loop() {
  int gx, gy, gz;         // raw gyro values

  // read raw gyro measurements from device
  BMI160.readGyro(gx, gy, gz);

  // display tab-separated gyro x/y/z values
  Serial.print("g:\t");
  Serial.print(gx);
  Serial.print("\t");
  Serial.print(gy);
  Serial.print("\t");
  Serial.print(gz);
  Serial.println();

  delay(500);
}

Output

Open the serial monitor

g: 90 86 9
g: 69 69 40
g: 35 97 -9
g: -7370 3961 -1786
g: -31829 -2652 32767
g: -3221 25109 32767
g: 26020 31878 -26125
g: -20332 -21698 -15712
g: -7297 3463 -1723
g: -1137 1521 420
g: -203 305 96
g: 144 -102 54
g: 77 116 35

Links

https://ae-bst.resource.bosch.com/media/_tech/media/datasheets/BST-BMI160-DS000-07.pdf