Adafruit L3GD20H Triple-Axis Gyro Breakout Board

L3GD20H triple-axis gyroscope breakout with I2C and SPI interfaces, ±250/±500/±2000 °/s selectable range, and built-in high/low-pass filtering. 3.3 V chip; level shift before pairing with 5 V logic.

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified

VCC
Breakout power input; Adafruit wiring guide says to connect VCC to a 3V-5V power supply.
Type · PowerVoltage · 3V-5VDC per Adafruit guide
GND
Ground connection for the breakout.
Type · GroundVoltage · 0V
SDA
I2C data pin; also used as SPI data input in the Adafruit software-SPI example.
Type · I2C
SCL
I2C clock pin; also used as SPI clock in the Adafruit software-SPI example.
Type · I2C
CS
SPI chip-select pin shown in the Adafruit wiring guide.
Type · SPI
SAO
SPI data/output address pin shown in the Adafruit wiring guide as SAO.
Type · Signal

Pin	Type	Function	Voltage
VCC	Power	Breakout power input; Adafruit wiring guide says to connect VCC to a 3V-5V power supply.	3V-5VDC per Adafruit guide
GND	Ground	Ground connection for the breakout.	0V
SDA	I2C	I2C data pin; also used as SPI data input in the Adafruit software-SPI example.
SCL	I2C	I2C clock pin; also used as SPI clock in the Adafruit software-SPI example.
CS	SPI	SPI chip-select pin shown in the Adafruit wiring guide.
SAO	Signal	SPI data/output address pin shown in the Adafruit wiring guide as SAO.

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified

Pin details

6 connections

VCC
Breakout power input; Adafruit wiring guide says to connect VCC to a 3V-5V power supply.
PowerVoltage · 3V-5VDC per Adafruit guide
GND
Ground connection for the breakout.
GroundVoltage · 0V
SDA
I2C data pin; also used as SPI data input in the Adafruit software-SPI example.
I2C
SCL
I2C clock pin; also used as SPI clock in the Adafruit software-SPI example.
I2C
CS
SPI chip-select pin shown in the Adafruit wiring guide.
SPI
SAO
SPI data/output address pin shown in the Adafruit wiring guide as SAO.
Signal

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I2C · SPI · Analog · 3.3 – 5 V · Breakout

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