Ep. 57 Arduino Accelerometer & Gyroscope Tutorial MPU-6050 6DOF Module

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In this video, I will be walking you through the full implementation of an accelerometer and a gyroscope with the use of an Arduino and an MPU-6050 Breakout board. The tutorial is much more in depth than what I usually do and fully explains every single register and bit I am using to get the final data.

- Arduino Uno
- MPU-6050
- Breadboard
- Jumper cables

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[TrentSterling]

First tutorial I've found for this module that actually explains what's going on.

And the first one with working code too!

[PhilipHeuberger]

superb video tutorial. by far the best for the 6050 I've seen here. I've watch a lot in anticipation of getting a pair for my project. The full explanation on registers and setting them correctly was well worth the 30 mins. Thank you!

[fowti]

This is what all tutorials should be! Kudos for actually explaining how the code works, and why it looks like that. Now I'm significantly less intimidated by this sensor

[eugeniosanguesasubiron]

Уважаемый Владимир, с удовольствием просмотрел Ваше видео. Изучаю вариант применения датчика MPU-6050 для коррекции угловых отклонений для радиоуправляемых моделей кораблей. Спасибо!

[stemmunity]

A little over 5 years since this video was produced. First time viewer. Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[ahsanbaig]

Fantastically explained!
No one (except you) bothers to explain the basics.
Thanks a lot.

[karthikvigneshwar]

This is by far the best tutorial for MPU 6050 I've seen so far. It's very helpful to learn it this way going all the way to the littlest of details. Thanks a lot!!

[utkarshverma]

Great, in-depth and clear demonstration. The way you skipped using MPU6050 libraries really helped me understand more. Can't thank you enough!

[naskorcinemaytps...]

Thanks a lot !
A friend and I are building a drone for a school project, and all the other programs for the MPU-6050 were impossible to understand with our lack of experience in Arduino... You made it completely clear, so we owe you much ^^

[vasudevkesharwani]

this is the first time i see the real tutorial for this mpu6050, this is the best tutorial i have ever seen . tq very much sir

[effesix]

Perfect tutorial. Fully explained and documented. I appreciated! The most accomplished tuto about MPU6050 I saw! Bravo!

[LowMelaninLife]

The Wire.read() on the left hand side is executed first
giving us 8 bits of information. For example purposes, make that
The <<8 instruction, shifts 8 0's creating the
following: Finally, the second Wire.read() is applied
with an OR (|) resulting in the full 2 bytes of information:
where y are the bits read by the first instruction and x
by the second one.

[折り紙-jt]

This is the best video ever. I really like how you go down in to each registers to explain stuff. it is really difficult to find other people doing the same demonstration. What leaners need is not how to write digital write and digital read. They need to understand how it works.

[rajatsharma-pvjd]

No one else has explained the code along with the data sheet so well! Cleared a lot of my doubts and got to learn new things as well. Thank you for such a content!! Keep posting :)

[JJSmalls]

Took me several days to find a video that goes over a datasheet approach to how to use this sensor. THANK YOU!

[BOSSY]

BEST EXPLANATION ❤❤😊😊😊
I searched a lot but can't find a video that makes me understand .
Until now make more videos like this ❤❤❤❤

[kriminull]

this video is a godsend, thank you. note to beginners (like me) who have little experience with arduino: make sure you solder the pins to the mpu6050 first, because the code won’t work otherwise

i initially thought u could just use the components unsoldered but that isnt the case

all the best :)

[marianarodriguez-ocqz]

Hi, I am colombian, I love your video, It helpe me a lot. I am doing my grade work, It is a sign language translator glove, I am using a similar sensor MPU9250 and your video was very helpful. I understood many things that were driving me crazy . THANK YOU :D!!

[abcddd]

I watched this video a few months ago while trying to build my quadcoptor from scratch, and to be honest i was intimidated by all the registers and everything as it seemed like complicated stuff. I am rewatching this now, and it is such a great video, and you explain everything so well. Thanks!

[anthonyj]

Excellent video; low level commands with direct reference to the data sheet.
People get more out of this thing when they dig to this level.
Well done.