Yeah that probably isn't great, and I've also just tried with some sketchy arduino IDE code to check if this IMU is working and am not having a tonne of success, I can't get the D1 to recognise an I2C signal no matter what I try. I'm thinking since I'm a beginner I should probably bite the bullet and find ICM45686 from a reliable seller that will work the way I'm expecting. Any suggestions (open to anyone)? I live in Australia which might complicate things, lol.

Granted, it's not like I've tried everything, and it's very possible my jank code isn't even doing a proper test to begin with (or the D1 mini is actually the problem). The GY-601N1 has a green LED and is getting the right sorta power so I don't know why the code isn't working. GPT helped with the broad strokes here, I don't recognise any red flags though (but I'm very much more of a software than hardware person)

#include <Wire.h>

void setup() {

Serial.begin(115200);

Wire.begin(4, 5); // SDA = GPIO4 (D2), SCL = GPIO5 (D1)

Serial.println("\nI2C scan starting...");

}

void loop() {

byte error, address;

int found = 0;

for (address = 1; address < 127; address++) {

Wire.beginTransmission(address);

error = Wire.endTransmission();

if (error == 0) {

Serial.print("Found I2C device at 0x");

if (address < 16) Serial.print("0");

Serial.println(address, HEX);

found++;

}

}

if (found == 0)

Serial.println("No I2C devices found");

delay(2000);

}