Difference between the Sparkfun Electronics 9dof Razor IMU M0 and MPU-9250?

Sensors IMU & Motion
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I am super new to this kind of tech world so this question is probably super simple but -

If all I care about is obtaining the values from the acc/gyro./magn./ then do I really need the Razor IMU? Cant i just use this $6 one?

link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. … lsrc=aw.ds

My PI suggested the Sparkfun one, but I am not really understanding why that one would be preferred. I don’t have a use to save that data. Is it possibly because one is more accurate results and has less noise or…?

Please help

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Hello, and thanks for your post.

The Razor M0 has a MPU-9250 on it along with a microcontroller that is able to extract data from the MPU-9250 and send it over USB. If you already have a microcontroller, you could just use a breakout board for the MPU-9250. If all you’re looking for is data and don’t want to mess around with programming, the Razor M0 would be a better choice.