FTDI VSHLD-FT121

The FT121 G -Sensor shield is designed to connect directly to an Arduino Pro development board. The shield allows the micro-controller on the Arduino Pro to access the FT121 USB device controller. Using the FTDI FT121 chipset and a three axes linear accelerometer (ST LIS331DLH) device, the module may be used to implement a USB HID game controller. The user may also define other interesting applications from the micro-controller board.

• FT121 enhanced USB device controller with SPI interface
• LIS313DLH 3 - axis linear accelerometer (X, Y, Z) with selectable full scales of ±2g/±4g/±8g
• An SPI Interface: Data transfer over the SPI bus to the Arduino pro via pin headers
• Selectable SPI & I²C interface to control the 3 - axes accelerometer
• A serial UART output pin
• Two accelerometer interrupts
• Three pushbuttons and two LEDs for HID application
• 5V USB cable power supplied operation
• Onboard 3.3V regulator to power the accelerometer
• Mini - B USB connector
• Operating Temperature range -40°C to +85°C

• USB HID controller
• USB Game controllers