TOWER SYSTEM Quick Start Guide for TWRPI-MMA6900
TWRPI-MMA6900
Accelerometer plug-in module
for the Tower System
TOWER SYSTEM
Get to know the TWRPI-MMA6900
Features
•MMA6900Q:±3.5g(11-bitdata
sensitivity=3.43mg/digittypicalat25
degreesC)
•Lowdetectionthresholdof8.6mg
(acceleration)or>=0.5degrees(angle)
•Offsettolerancevalueat25degrees
C(+/-30mg)andovertemperature
(+/-50mg)
•Embeddedsignalprocessingincluding
faultandoverloaddiagnosticflagging
•11-bitSPI-compatibledigitaldata
•Bi-directionalinternalself-test
•QualifiedAEC-Q100
•Wideoperatingtemperaturerangefrom
-40degreesCto+105degreesC
•Over-dampedtransducer
•Robust6x6mmQFNpackage
withgreaterthan100kHzpackage
resonancefrequency
•3.3Vor5Vsinglesupplyoperation
Step-by-step installation instructions
TOWER SYSTEM Quick Start Guide for TWRPI-MMA6900
InthisQuickStartGuide,youwilllearn
howtoinstalltheTWRPI-MMA6900
Towerplug-in.
STEP
1
Install the
TWRPI-MMA6900
•Identifyanopengeneralpurpose
TWRPIsocketonaTWRPI-compatible
TowerSystemmodule.
•Identifythecorrectorientationofthe
TWRPI-MMA6900.
•CarefullyinserttheTWRPI-MMA6900
intotheavailablegeneralpurpose
TWRPIsocket.TheTWRPIiskeyed
anduniquelysizedtoonlyfitinthe
appropriateTWRPIsocketwiththe
correctorientation.
STEP
2
Verify latest software
installation
•Checkfreescale.com/towerfor
softwareupdatesregardingthe
TWRPI-compatibleTowerSystem
module.Updatingthesoftwareonthe
respectiveTowerSystemmodulewill
ensurethattheTWRPIyouareadding
isfullysupported.
STEP
3
Follow the respective
Tower System module
Quick Start Guide
•Followtheappropriateinstructions
locatedintheQuickStartGuideof
theTWRPI-compatibleTowerSystem
module.
STEP
4
Explore additional
resources
•Additionaldocumentationand
softwareresourcesrelatedtothe
TWRPI-MMA6900areavailableat
freescale.com/tower.
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DocNumber:TWRPI6900QSG/REV0
AgileNumber:926-78511REVA
TolearnmoreabouttheTWRPI-MMA6900andothermoduleswithinthe
TowerSystem,visitfreescale.com/tower.Tobecomeamemberofthe
onlineTowerGeekscommunity,visittowergeeks.org.