The Zumo Shield includes on-board inertial sensors that can be used in advanced applications, such as helping your Zumo detect collisions and determine its own orientation.
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All versions of the Zumo Shield have a compass module that combines a 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis magnetometer into a single package with an I²C interface. This chip is an LSM303D {{polpl|2127}} on the v1.2 shield or an LSM303DLHC {{polpl|2124}} on the original Zumo Shield.
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The '''v1.2 version''' of the Zumo Shield also adds an L3GD20H {{polpl|2129}} 3-axis gyroscope on the same I²C bus.
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We recommend carefully reading the [https://www.pololu.com/file/download/LSM303D.pdf?file_id=0J703 Fiche technique LSM303D] (''1MB pdf, pololu''), [https://www.pololu.com/file/download/L3GD20H.pdf?file_id=0J731 Fiche technique L3GD20H] (''3MB pdf, pololu''), and/or [https://www.pololu.com/file/download/LSM303DLHC.pdf?file_id=0J564 fiche technique LSM303DLHC] (''629k pdf, pololu'') to understand how these sensors work and how to use them.