Virtuabotix MMA7361 Three Axis Accelerometer Module

Very easy to hook up, I bought my first Arduino, accelerometer and such on Thursday, today is now Monday and I already have them working and doing exactly what I want with simple (and I do mean simple) coding. I still have some tweaking to do but for now it works great! There is a link on the included paper that comes with the board that has sample starter code. I basically used that to understand what and how it was being used with my UNO, once I figured that out (all of about an hour of looking at it) I adjusted it and I now have a fully functional component with easy to read values. Also, this seller is fantastic! fast shipping and great packaging. I will be ordering from them in the future if I can. Feel free to ask questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

It's a shame that I missed the review by Walbraldino - as he mentioned, this breakout board does not fit on a standard breadboard. The breakout takes up 4 pin-widths on one side and all 5 on the other, which means that there is no way to install jumpers to access one half of the pins. The only solution I've found for prototyping with this thing is to install it on two separate breadboards, such that each breadboard has one side of the breakout's pins. Unfortunately poor design!

The pin spacing on this module is no breadboard friendly. It will fit on a standard breadboard but you cannot put jumpers on one side. I used a few female to male jumpers to hood up the module to a Ardunio Uno. Download there library to save you some time generating the code. The resolution is a little too low for what I need. for $10 it is great for experimenting.

The accelerometer works pretty well, and the measures are very exact, my only complaint is that it doesn't fit with my breadboard so I need to do a McGyver to make it fit :P Overall is a pretty good piece.

The MMA7361 provided me with hours of fun on the Arduino Uno, worked as described and it is very easy to use its outputs from the Arduino board to control motors, steppers or actuators. Excellent product I recommend it to any hobbist...

Not much to say about it. It is easy to use and the sample code is helpful. When I keep it on my desk, there is very little jitter and no huge spikes. The only negative is it doesn't really fit on a breadboard. Looking at other 3axis chips I see they are roughly the same size. So I assume it is a common issue. Should fit fine on a shield. Unlike all the other brand of sensors I bought, this one came sealed in a foil bag with a datasheet. The owner is very helpful and friendly too. Would definitely recommend this sensor and the brand. I also picked up the DHT22 temp/humidity sensor and was pleased with that as well.

well was not really happy thinking it was going to do some thing that i wanted to but it did not its not that easy to understand how it is supposed to work even with the demo code i found.

Great, easy to use accelerometer with Arduino. The only problem is there is a fair amount of variability from sensor to sensor which requires extra software if you need to produce consistent readings.