The Adafruit LIS3DH Accelerometer Breakout packs low-power consumption, flexible I2C/SPI connectivity, and advanced motion detection into a compact, STEMMA QT-ready board—perfect for wearables, motion sensing, and battery-powered projects.
The Adafruit LIS3DH is one of the most popular low-power, triple-axis accelerometers around—and for good reason. It’s affordable, reliable, and packed with features you’d normally expect from much higher-end sensors, which is why it shows up so often in commercial products.
It provides three-axis acceleration sensing with 10-bit resolution, and supports selectable measurement ranges of ±2g, ±4g, ±8g, and ±16g, making it suitable for everything from gentle motion sensing to more dynamic movement tracking. Communication is flexible, with support for both I2C (with two selectable addresses) and SPI, and an interrupt output is available for responsive, event-driven designs.
The LIS3DH offers data rates from 1 Hz up to 5 kHz, while keeping power consumption extremely low—as little as 2 µA for the chip itself. Built-in features such as tap and double-tap detection, orientation sensing, and free-fall detection make it ideal for wearables, motion-activated projects, and battery-powered devices. It also includes three extra ADC inputs, which can be read over I2C for added flexibility.
To make integration easy, this breakout board includes a 3.3 V regulator and logic level shifting, so it can be safely used with both 3.3 V and 5 V systems such as Raspberry Pi, Feather boards, or Arduino Uno—no external level shifter required. All pins are broken out to standard 0.1" headers, and four mounting holes are provided for secure installation.
The board is built in the STEMMA QT form factor, with connectors on both sides that are fully compatible with SparkFun Qwiic cables. This allows quick, solder-free connections or easy chaining with other I2C sensors and accessories (QT cable not included).
Each board comes assembled and tested, and includes a strip of 0.1" header pins for breadboard or perfboard use.
Specifications
Weight: 1.5g
Revision History
As of August 21, 2020 we've updated this sensor to be STEMMA QT compatible - that means there's now an easy way to plug-and-play this sensor without any soldering! The physical shape and pinout has changed a little!
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