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MMA8452Q - I2C interface

tvsg — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:53:10 GMT

HI,

i am currently using MMA8452Q and i am facing problems with I2C interface. i am having two doubts

1. what is the I2C speed (default) of the MMA8452Q and how to change its speed ?

2. I had connected this accelerometer (using breakout board) to Raspberry Pi B+ model and while accessing data (using I2C) i am unable to acquire the acceleration data based on the set sampling rate.

Example, if the sampling rate is fixed at 100Hz instead of obtaining 100 samples per second i am getting more than 100 with values getting repeated.

I had tried polling and interrupt based methods as given in AN4076 but i couldn't solve the issue. I am using WiringPi library to write and read data using I2C.

Thank you in advance

Re: MMA8452Q - I2C interface

david_diaz — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:22:39 GMT

Hello,

1. The MMA8452Q device is compatible with the I2C fast-mode interface: 0 to 400kHz.

So, please make sure your MASTER is configured to use I2C module within the baud rate mentioned above.

2. In this case, I recommend reviewing the MMA8451Q - Bare metal example project and use it as a reference for your design. Please review the device initialization function and compare it with your configuration.

Please let me know if you have any further question.

Regards,

David

Re: MMA8452Q - I2C interface

tvsg — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:10:49 GMT

Thank you David.

1. i think i am using an I2C speed of 100KHz. I will change it to 400KHz.

2. I will go through the device initialization declared in the bare metal example project and will let you know.

Regards,

Sainath gupta t

Re: MMA8452Q - I2C interface

tvsg — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 06:02:46 GMT

Hi david_diaz‌,

I had modified the I2C speed and also reviewed the device initialization as given in MMA8451Q - Bare metal example project . Even after that the problem is not rectified.

To check whether number of samples are generated as per sampling rate, i had performed an experiment where i am acquiring acceleration samples of all the 3-axis for a period of 10 milliseconds. When i kept in 800Hz, instead of 8 samples (per axis) i was getting around 10 to 11 samples and this type of extra samples is followed for all other sampling rates also. As i said previously, i had tried using both polling and interrupt methods.

can you please help me where can i go wrong

Regards,

sainath gupta t