mma8451& FIFO buffer

alessio31183 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:20:31 GMT

Hi,

I'm using the MMA8451 to make a tilt sensor.

Everything is Arduino based using the classic ATmega328P.

My intention is to use the FIFO buffer to get it full with 32 samples @ 800HZ in active mode without any sleep function.

In the setup function I set the register like this:

writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG2, 0x40); // reset

while (readRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG2) & 0x40);

writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG1, 0x00);     // Standby mode (DEACTIVE) @ 800Hz
writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_FIFO_SETUP, 0x60);    // FIFO in circular buffer. watermark set to 32
writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG2, 0x02);     // High resolution
writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG3, 0x02);     // push-pull active-high
writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG4, 0x40);     // FIFO interrupt enabled
writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG5, 0x40);     // Interrupt is routed to INT1 pin
writeRegister8(MMA8451_REG_CTRL_REG1, 0x01);     // Active mode and reduced noise mode. ODR = 800Hz

attachInterrupt(0, INT0_ISR, RISING); // for the accelerometer FIFO register reading

and at the beginning I have the interrupt where I would have to read all the 32 samples.

void INT0_ISR()
{

// For an I2C bit rate of 400 kHz, FIFORead(32) + 3 μs = 4.878 ms.
for (byte i=1; i<=OSR; i++)
{
// Read the 'raw' data in 14-bit counts
readAcceleration(&x, &y, &z);

}

But anything works because I'm not able to get the buffer empty reading all the values.

Basically the interrupt pin stays high forever.

Even I tried to clear the flag interrupt without success

readRegister8(MMA8451_REG_INT_SOURCE);
readRegister8(MMA8451_REG_FIFO_STATUS);

Then anyone is able to help me ?

Thanks in advance to everyone who spends time for this.

Re: mma8451& FIFO buffer

TomasVaverka — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:16:39 GMT

Hi Alessio,

I would recommend you to take a look at my example code. It is written for the FXLS8471, but it should be identical for the MMA8451Q.

I hope it helps.

Best regards,

Tomas

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