I have a (untested) breakout board for this. Email me for eagle files, etc...

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Standard Question: Is there a breakout board planned for this part? and will this be replacing the MMA7361 you currently stock?

Why did you choose the MMA8452Q over the MMA8541Q? The only major difference seems to be that the 8452 lacks a FIFO buffer on the output, so the microcontroller it's connected to has to poll it more frequently to avoid losing data. The 8451 has a 32-sample FIFO with four modes. The 8451 also has slightly more resolution.

ETA: Adafruit has the 8451 on a breakout board.

I'm trying to gather data from four different accelerometers and use them to play back sound. So far works great using the MP3 Player shield and one accelerometer, but no idea how to gather data from all four. I can jump the SA0 pin and do it that way, but that only get me 2 accelerometers and not four. They essentially work in groups of two. 2 for arms, 2 for legs. I just wanted to register when the legs move or arms move(not which one). Is there any way to combine the results from 2 accelerometers with the same address?

I adapted the I2C library used in the example code to work with the new Arduino Leonardo which uses an ATMEGA32U4 instead of an ATMEGA328.

I’ve uploaded the changed i2c.h file to a bitbucket repository in case anyone else is interested in that: https://bitbucket.org/wizard23/arduinoleonardolibraries/src/39d52819baae/i2c.h

If you just replace the i2c.h from the above Example Code then it should work on the arduino Leonardo (or any other ATMEGA32U4 board)

The only thing I had to change was the definitions of WRITE_sda and READ_sda because that pin is on a different port on the ATMEGA32U4.

I used the sensor in my own design (thanks sparkfun for the eagle library (although I had to adapt it because the NC pins are not connected to the package and according to Freescale Application Note AN4077 you should connect dummy traces to the NC pins…)) and now I can already read the sensor values :)…thanks again to sparkfun for this awesome code example!

I am trying to increase the output data rate to 800Hz for this sensor but it doesn't seem to go beyond 10Hz. I have a logic analyzer connected to the interrupt pins to measure the interrupt generation rate. I am using the example code provided above, any ideas as to what could be going wrong or any similar experiences with this device?

I should have noticed the picture scaling this against a quarter. My GOD this thing is tiny! Just to get it connected I'm going to have to place it on a board with well under half a mm in accuracy in any given direction. I think I'll wait on that for a couple years 'till I think I'm competent enough to hotplate solder surface mount components. I think if you value your sanity you should wait for a breakout board.

New breakout

Can this package be soldered using gel flux, extended pads and drag soldering?

Just a note to Arduino users, Freescale's MMA845x series accelerometers won't work with the Wire library because these devices require the use of a repeated start.