The Grove - Step Counter(BMA456) is based on BMA456, which is an extremely small, triaxial, low-g high performance accelerations module. Thanks to the special algorithm of BOSCH, we made this module a portable pedometer. Reliable, cost-effective, on top of that, it's very easy to use, you can easily add this plug and play module on your wearable devices.
On chip FIFO Ultra-low power On-chip interrupt Programable functionality Typical Application Applications with height constrains Plug and Play Step-Counter solution with watermark functionality Fitness applications / Activity Tracking Power management for wearable applications Display on/off and profile switching User interface without hardware buttons E-compass tilt compensation and data synchronization High performance angle measurements