# Problem with Qwiic VR IMU (BNO080)

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/problem-with-qwiic-vr-imu-bno080/40488>\
**Category:** IMU & Motion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/problem-with-qwiic-vr-imu-bno080/40488 "2020-09-17T18:38:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![qiangx80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc79bd/32.png) [@qiangx80](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/qiangx80)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/problem-with-qwiic-vr-imu-bno080/40488/1 "2020-09-17T18:38:27Z")

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Following the hookup guide I soldered the header pins to the Qwiic Shield for Arduino and then plugged it into a SparkFun RedBoard. Here are few pictures:

 ![soldering the headpins.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/original/3X/1/0/10fd8d1f64c77e1527626806dcd6f94563829c07.jpeg)

 ![Qwiic Shield.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/original/3X/b/a/baeb52ac065cab3dd7b20f7d31b87b11b245ad3a.jpeg)

The BNO080 breakout was connected to the Qwiic Shield with a Qwiic cable

 ![hardware assembly.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/original/3X/a/6/a642a1900a47aa5b87815fffa9ea27bc8b7c6e51.jpeg)

The BNO080 library was installed using Arduino library manager.

Arduino version: 1.8.13

With this setup, I started to try the first example - Example1-RotationVector (loaded from File \> Examples \> SparkFun BNO080 Cortex Based IMU), but I got: "BNO080 Read Example

BNO080 not detected at default I2C address. Check your jumpers and the hookup guide. Freezing…" in the serial monitor.

How can I fix it?

Thanks much,

-Qiang

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**Author:** ![qiangx80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc79bd/32.png) [@qiangx80](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/qiangx80)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/problem-with-qwiic-vr-imu-bno080/40488/2 "2020-09-17T19:12:37Z")

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I forgot to mention one observation during the installation of BNO080 libraries, i.e. I noticed some error messages:

 ![message.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/original/3X/f/4/f4a8c361ca8b3e17b2ee9df4bed0168f9b94dee8.png)

 ![message.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/original/3X/f/4/f4a8c361ca8b3e17b2ee9df4bed0168f9b94dee8.png)