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Initiate a single measurement, Initiate continuous measurement mode, Read the measurement results – PNI RM3100 Evaluation Board User Manual

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5.8.2 Initiate a Single Measurement

The I

2

C transactions to initiate a single measurement on all 3 axes are given below.

START

RM3100 Eval Board

ADDRESS

RW ACK POLL REG. ADDRESS (N) ACK

DATA TO POLL REG (N)

ACK STOP

S

0

1

0 0

0 X X

0

0

0 0

0

0 0 0

0

0

0

0 1

1

1 0 0

0

0

0

P

From Host to RM3100 E.B.

From RM3100 E.B. to Host

After this transaction sequence the RM3100 Evaluation Board will initiate a

measurement sequence, and this can run in the background. At the end of the

measurement sequence the DRDY pin is set HIGH and the Status Register will have a
“1” in bit 7, indicating data is ready. The module will be placed in Idle Mode.

5.8.3 Initiate Continuous Measurement Mode

A sample I

2

C transaction to initiate continuous measurement mode is given below.

START

RM3100 Eval Board

ADDRESS

RW ACK CMM REG. ADDRESS (N) ACK

DATA TO CMM REG (N)

ACK STOP

S

0

1

0 0

0 X X

0

0

0 0

0

0 0 0

0

1

0

0 1

1

1 1 0

0

1

0

P

From Host to RM3100 E.B.

From RM3100 E.B. to Host

In this example, the CMM register is set to initiate measurements on all 3 axes, and to set

DRDY to HIGH after all three measurements are made.

5.8.4 Read the Measurement Results

When the host is ready to read the Measurement Results registers, the following

transactions should occur. Note only the initial Measurement Results register address

needs to be sent, as the module automatically increments to the subsequent registers.

START

RM3100 Eval Board

ADDRESS

RW ACK

MX2 ADDRESS (N)

ACK STOP

S

0

1

0

0

0 X

X

0

0

0 0

1

0 0 1

0

0

0

P

From Host to RM3100 E.B.

From RM3100 E.B. to Host