Data Sheet

MPU-6000/MPU-6050 Product Specification
Document Number: PS-MPU-6000A-00
Revision: 3.4
Release Date: 08/19/2013
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7.7 Three-Axis MEMS Gyroscope with 16-bit ADCs and Signal Conditioning
The MPU-60X0 consists of three independent vibratory MEMS rate gyroscopes, which detect rotation about
the X-, Y-, and Z- Axes. When the gyros are rotated about any of the sense axes, the Coriolis Effect causes
a vibration that is detected by a capacitive pickoff. The resulting signal is amplified, demodulated, and filtered
to produce a voltage that is proportional to the angular rate. This voltage is digitized using individual on-chip
16-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) to sample each axis. The full-scale range of the gyro sensors
may be digitally programmed to ±250, ±500, ±1000, or ±2000 degrees per second (dps). The ADC sample
rate is programmable from 8,000 samples per second, down to 3.9 samples per second, and user-selectable
low-pass filters enable a wide range of cut-off frequencies.
7.8 Three-Axis MEMS Accelerometer with 16-bit ADCs and Signal Conditioning
The MPU-60X0’s 3-Axis accelerometer uses separate proof masses for each axis. Acceleration along a
particular axis induces displacement on the corresponding proof mass, and capacitive sensors detect the
displacement differentially. The MPU-60X0’s architecture reduces the accelerometers’ susceptibility to
fabrication variations as well as to thermal drift. When the device is placed on a flat surface, it will measure
0g on the X- and Y-axes and +1g on the Z-axis. The accelerometers’ scale factor is calibrated at the factory
and is nominally independent of supply voltage. Each sensor has a dedicated sigma-delta ADC for providing
digital outputs. The full scale range of the digital output can be adjusted to ±2g, ±4g, ±8g, or ±16g.
7.9 Digital Motion Processor
The embedded Digital Motion Processor (DMP) is located within the MPU-60X0 and offloads computation of
motion processing algorithms from the host processor. The DMP acquires data from accelerometers,
gyroscopes, and additional 3
rd
party sensors such as magnetometers, and processes the data. The resulting
data can be read from the DMP’s registers, or can be buffered in a FIFO. The DMP has access to one of the
MPU’s external pins, which can be used for generating interrupts.
The purpose of the DMP is to offload both timing requirements and processing power from the host
processor. Typically, motion processing algorithms should be run at a high rate, often around 200Hz, in order
to provide accurate results with low latency. This is required even if the application updates at a much lower
rate; for example, a low power user interface may update as slowly as 5Hz, but the motion processing should
still run at 200Hz. The DMP can be used as a tool in order to minimize power, simplify timing, simplify the
software architecture, and save valuable MIPS on the host processor for use in the application.
7.10 Primary I
2
C and SPI Serial Communications Interfaces
The MPU-60X0 communicates to a system processor using either a SPI (MPU-6000 only) or an I
2
C serial
interface. The MPU-60X0 always acts as a slave when communicating to the system processor. The LSB of
the of the I
2
C slave address is set by pin 9 (AD0).
The logic levels for communications between the MPU-60X0 and its master are as follows:
 MPU-6000: The logic level for communications with the master is set by the voltage on VDD
 MPU-6050: The logic level for communications with the master is set by the voltage on VLOGIC
For further information regarding the logic levels of the MPU-6050, please refer to Section 10.