MPU-6500

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  "schema_version": 1,
  "type": "component",
  "slug": "mpu-6500",
  "title": "MPU-6500",
  "brief": "TDK InvenSense Attitude Sensor/Gyroscope, QFN-24-EP(3x3). Pinout extracted from the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
  "tags": [
    "component",
    "sensor",
    "mpu-6500"
  ],
  "component": {
    "mpn": "MPU-6500",
    "manufacturer": "TDK InvenSense",
    "package": "QFN-24-EP(3x3)",
    "pin_count": 24,
    "category": "Sensor",
    "subcategory": "Attitude Sensor/Gyroscope",
    "datasheet": "https://datasheet.lcsc.com/datasheet/pdf/91441b0f73554e518244fc6f56b6d020.pdf",
    "parts": {
      "symbol": "mpu-6500.kicad_sym",
      "footprint": "mpu-6500.kicad_mod",
      "model_3d": "mpu-6500-etched.glb",
      "model_3d_plain": "mpu-6500.glb",
      "model_3d_step": "mpu-6500-etched.step",
      "model_3d_step_plain": "mpu-6500.step",
      "lbr": "mpu-6500.lbr"
    },
    "distributor_links": {},
    "pins": [
      {
        "number": "1",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "3",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "4",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "5",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "6",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "7",
        "name": "AUX_CL",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Auxiliary I2C master serial clock, for connecting an external sensor (e.g. magnetometer). Push-pull output driven by the on-chip I2C master."
      },
      {
        "number": "8",
        "name": "VDDIO",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Digital I/O supply voltage. Independent from VDD; sets the logic levels of the primary and auxiliary serial interfaces. Bypass to GND with a 10 nF capacitor."
      },
      {
        "number": "9",
        "name": "AD0/SDO",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "In I2C mode: slave-address LSB (AD0) - selects 7-bit slave address 0x68 or 0x69. In SPI mode: SPI serial data output (SDO / MISO)."
      },
      {
        "number": "10",
        "name": "REGOUT",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Regulator filter capacitor connection. Attach a 0.1 uF X7R ceramic capacitor to GND. Do not drive externally."
      },
      {
        "number": "11",
        "name": "FSYNC",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "Frame synchronization digital input. Connect to GND if unused; otherwise drive with a logic-level frame-sync pulse referenced to VDDIO."
      },
      {
        "number": "12",
        "name": "INT",
        "type": "output",
        "description": "Interrupt digital output (programmable as totem-pole push-pull or open-drain, active-high or active-low). Signals data-ready, motion, FIFO overflow and other events; should be routed to a host GPIO capable of waking the AP."
      },
      {
        "number": "13",
        "name": "VDD",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Main power supply voltage (1.71 V to 3.45 V) for the analog core, gyro and accelerometer. Bypass to GND with a 0.1 uF X7R ceramic capacitor."
      },
      {
        "number": "14",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "15",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "16",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "17",
        "name": "NC",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "No Connect. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "18",
        "name": "GND",
        "type": "power_in",
        "description": "Power supply ground. Common return for VDD and VDDIO; also serves as the device thermal/mechanical reference."
      },
      {
        "number": "19",
        "name": "RESV",
        "type": "unconnected",
        "description": "Reserved. Do not connect."
      },
      {
        "number": "20",
        "name": "RESV",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Reserved. Connect to GND."
      },
      {
        "number": "21",
        "name": "AUX_DA",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "Auxiliary I2C master serial data, for connecting an external sensor (e.g. magnetometer). Open-drain; requires an external pull-up to VDDIO."
      },
      {
        "number": "22",
        "name": "nCS",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "SPI chip-select (active low, SPI mode only). Also used at power-up as the interface-mode select: tie high through a pull-up for I2C operation, drive low for SPI transactions."
      },
      {
        "number": "23",
        "name": "SCL/SCLK",
        "type": "input",
        "description": "I2C serial clock (SCL) or SPI serial clock (SCLK). Muxed function selected by the interface mode chosen at power-up."
      },
      {
        "number": "24",
        "name": "SDA/SDI",
        "type": "bidirectional",
        "description": "I2C serial data (SDA, open-drain bidirectional) or SPI serial data input (SDI / MOSI). Muxed function selected by the interface mode chosen at power-up."
      }
    ],
    "provenance": {
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      "datasheet": {
        "url": "https://datasheet.lcsc.com/datasheet/pdf/91441b0f73554e518244fc6f56b6d020.pdf",
        "pages": 40,
        "sha256": "b3e09d85a99243f5",
        "source_tier": "lcsc"
      },
      "cad": "KiCad official (CC-BY-SA 4.0)",
      "pins": {
        "total": 24,
        "described": 24,
        "cites_pages": true,
        "refuses_to_fabricate": true
      }
    },
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      "footprint": "viewers/footprint.html"
    },
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        "role": "plain",
        "up": "Z",
        "units": "mm",
        "origin": "footprint origin = pad-pattern centre",
        "seat": "z = 0",
        "extents_mm": [
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          3.0,
          1.02
        ],
        "zmin_mm": 0.0,
        "centre_offset_mm": 0.0,
        "footprint_binding": "identity",
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        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "checked_by": "factory/step_pose.py (Z-up, origin, seat, binding)"
      },
      {
        "file": "mpu-6500-etched.step",
        "role": "eda",
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        "units": "mm",
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      }
    ]
  },
  "metadata": {
    "specs": {
      "Manufacturer": "TDK InvenSense",
      "Package": "QFN-24-EP(3x3)",
      "Category": "Sensor",
      "Pins": "24"
    }
  },
  "variants": [],
  "sections": [
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    "viewers",
    "readme",
    "breadcrumbs",
    "info"
  ],
  "discovery_triggers": [
    "mpu-6500"
  ],
  "discovery_pitch": "MPU-6500 (TDK InvenSense) component page with datasheet-verified CAD.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Ray",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "dependencies": {},
  "hero": {
    "type": "image",
    "path": "docs/hero.png"
  },
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    "README.md",
    "mpu-6500.kicad_sym",
    "mpu-6500.kicad_mod",
    "mpu-6500.glb",
    "mpu-6500.step",
    "mpu-6500.lbr",
    "docs/hero.png",
    "docs/mpu-6500-datasheet.pdf",
    "viewers/symbol.html",
    "viewers/footprint.html"
  ],
  "visibility": {
    "public": true
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-09-25T02:21:07.102Z"
}