Interacting with the M5Core2 Accelerometer and Gryoscope using nanoFramework

The M5Core includes an accelerometer which allows us to measure the rate of acceleration, as well as a gyroscope to sense angular movement.

We initialize the combined AccelerometerGyroscope and calibrate it by using the following code. The number, 100 in this case, is the number of iterations to calibrate the AccelerometerGyroscope

M5Core2.AccelerometerGyroscope.Calibrate(100);

Let’s look at the code to read the accelerometer and gyroscope (we’ll also read the internal temperature of the AccelerometerGyroscope) 

Console.Clear();

M5Core2.AccelerometerGyroscope.Calibrate(100);

while (true)
{
   var accelerometer = M5Core2.AccelerometerGyroscope.GetAccelerometer();
   var gyroscope = M5Core2.AccelerometerGyroscope.GetGyroscope();
   var temperature = M5Core2.AccelerometerGyroscope.GetInternalTemperature();

   Console.CursorLeft = 0;
   Console.CursorTop = 1;

   Console.WriteLine("Accelerator:");
   Console.WriteLine($"  x={accelerometer.X}");
   Console.WriteLine($"  y={accelerometer.Y}");
   Console.WriteLine($"  z={accelerometer.Z}");
   Console.WriteLine("Gyroscope:");
   Console.WriteLine($"  x={gyroscope.X}");
   Console.WriteLine($"  y={gyroscope.Y}");
   Console.WriteLine($"  z={gyroscope.Z}");
   Console.WriteLine("Internal Temp:");
   Console.WriteLine($"  Celsius={temperature.DegreesCelsius}");

   Thread.Sleep(20);
}