Adafruit LIS2MDL Shield

Overview

The Adafruit LIS2MDL Triple-axis Magnetometer Sensor Shield features a ST LIS2MDL Magnetometer Sensor and two STEMMA QT connectors.

Adafruit LIS2MDL Shield (Credit: Adafruit)

Requirements

This shield can be used with boards which provide an I2C connector, for example STEMMA QT or Qwiic connectors. The target board must define a zephyr_i2c node label. See Shields for more details.

Pin Assignments

Shield Pin	Function
SDA	LIS2MDL I2C SDA
SCL	LIS2MDL I2C SCL
SDO	Not used in I2C mode
CS	Not used in I2C mode

See st,lis2mdl for documentation on devicetree settings.

Programming

Set --shield adafruit_lis2mdl when you invoke west build. For example when running the Magnetometer Sensor magnetometer sample:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b adafruit_qt_py_rp2040 --shield adafruit_lis2mdl samples/sensor/magn_polling