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L3G4200D

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Main digital blocks

3.1

Block diagram

Figure 6.

Block diagram

3.2

FIFO

The L3G4200D embeds a 32-slot, 16-bit data FIFO for each of the three output channels:

yaw, pitch, and roll. This allows consistent power saving for the system, as the host

processor does not need to continuously poll data from the sensor. Instead, it can wake up

only when needed and burst the significant data out from the FIFO. This buffer can work in

five different modes. Each mode is selected by the FIFO_MODE bits in the

FIFO_CTRL_REG. Programmable watermark level, FIFO_empty or FIFO_Full events can

be enabled to generate dedicated interrupts on the DRDY/INT2 pin (configured through

CTRL_REG3), and event detection information is available in FIFO_SRC_REG. The

watermark level can be configured to WTM4:0 in FIFO_CTRL_REG.

3.2.1

Bypass mode

In bypass mode, the FIFO is not operational and for this reason it remains empty. As

illustrated in

Figure 7, only the first address is used for each channel. The remaining FIFO

slots are empty. When new data is available, the old data is overwritten.

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