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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     drivers_l3g4200d
+ *
+ * @{
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Default configuration for L3G4200D devices
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAMS_H
+#define L3G4200D_PARAMS_H
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "l3g4200d.h"
+#include "saul_reg.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Set default configuration parameters
+ * @{
+ */
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAM_I2C
+#define L3G4200D_PARAM_I2C          I2C_DEV(0)
+#endif
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAM_ADDR
+#define L3G4200D_PARAM_ADDR         (0x68)
+#endif
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAM_INT1
+#define L3G4200D_PARAM_INT1         (GPIO_PIN(0, 0))
+#endif
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAM_INT2
+#define L3G4200D_PARAM_INT2         (GPIO_PIN(0, 1))
+#endif
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAM_MODE
+#define L3G4200D_PARAM_MODE         (L3G4200D_MODE_200_25)
+#endif
+#ifndef L3G4200D_PARAM_SCALE
+#define L3G4200D_PARAM_SCALE        (L3G4200D_SCALE_500DPS)
+#endif
+
+#define L3G4200D_PARAMS_DEFAULT     { .i2c      = L3G4200D_PARAM_I2C, \
+                                      .addr     = L3G4200D_PARAM_ADDR, \
+                                      .int1_pin = L3G4200D_PARAM_INT1, \
+                                      .int2_pin = L3G4200D_PARAM_INT2, \
+                                      .mode     = L3G4200D_PARAM_MODE, \
+                                      .scale    = L3G4200D_PARAM_SCALE }
+/**@}*/
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Allocate some memory to store the actual configuration
+ */
+static const l3g4200d_params_t l3g4200d_params[] =
+{
+#ifdef L3G4200D_PARAMS_CUSTOM
+    L3G4200D_PARAMS_CUSTOM,
+#else
+    L3G4200D_PARAMS_DEFAULT,
+#endif
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Additional meta information to keep in the SAUL registry
+ */
+static const saul_reg_info_t l3g4200d_saul_info[] =
+{
+    { .name = "l3g4200d" }
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* L3G4200D_PARAMS_H */
+/** @} */