Data Sheet
ICM-20948
Document Number: DS-000189  Page 19 of 89 
Revision: 1.3 
4  APPLICATIONS INFORMATION 
4.1  PIN OUT DIAGRAM AND SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 
PIN NUMBER  PIN NAME  PIN DESCRIPTION 
7 
AUX_CL 
I
2
C Master serial clock, for connecting to external sensors 
8 
VDDIO 
Digital I/O supply voltage 
9 
AD0 / SDO 
I
2
C Slave Address LSB (AD0); SPI serial data output (SDO) 
10 
REGOUT 
Regulator filter capacitor connection 
11 
FSYNC 
Frame synchronization digital input. Connect to GND if unused 
12 
INT1 
Interrupt 1 
13 
VDD 
Power supply voltage 
18 
GND 
Power supply ground 
19 
RESV 
Reserved. Do not connect. 
20 
RESV 
Reserved. Connect to GND. 
21 
AUX_DA 
I
2
C master serial data, for connecting to external sensors 
22 
nCS 
Chip select (SPI mode only) 
23 
SCL / SCLK 
I
2
C serial clock (SCL); SPI serial clock (SCLK) 
24 
SDA / SDI 
I
2
C serial data (SDA); SPI serial data input (SDI) 
1 – 6, 14 - 17  NC  Do not connect 
Table 10. Signal Descriptions 
NOTE: Power up with SCL/SCLK and nCS pins held low is not a supported use case. In case this power up approach is used, software 
reset is required using the PWR_MGMT_1 register, prior to initialization.
AUX_CL
VDDIO
SDO / 
AD0
REGOUT
FSYNC
INT
1
GND
SCL / 
SCLK
nCS
RESV
VDD
SDA / SDI
NC
AUX_DA
RESV
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
ICM-20948
1
2
3
4
5
6
13
18
17
16
15
14
7
8
9
10
11
12
24
23
22
21
20
19
Figure 3. Pin out Diagram for ICM-20948 3 mm x 3 mm x 1 mm QFN 










