diff --git a/drivers/lsm303dlhc/include/lsm303dlhc_params.h b/drivers/lsm303dlhc/include/lsm303dlhc_params.h
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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_lsm303dlhc
+ *
+ * @{
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Default configuration for LSM303DLHC devices
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_H
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_H
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "lsm303dlhc.h"
+#include "saul_reg.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Set default configuration parameters
+ * @{
+ */
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_I2C
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_I2C            I2C_DEV(0)
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_ADDR
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_ADDR       (0x19)
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_PIN
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_PIN        (GPIO_PIN(0, 0))
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_RATE
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_RATE       (LSM303DLHC_ACC_SAMPLE_RATE_10HZ)
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_SCALE
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_SCALE      (LSM303DLHC_ACC_SCALE_4G)
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_ADDR
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_ADDR       (0x1e)
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_PIN
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_PIN        (GPIO_PIN(0, 1))
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_RATE
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_RATE       (LSM303DLHC_MAG_SAMPLE_RATE_15HZ)
+#endif
+#ifndef LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_GAIN
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_GAIN       (LSM303DLHC_MAG_GAIN_450_400_GAUSS)
+#endif
+
+#define LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_DEFAULT       { .i2c       = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_I2C, \
+                                          .acc_addr  = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_ADDR, \
+                                          .acc_pin   = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_PIN, \
+                                          .acc_rate  = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_RATE, \
+                                          .acc_scale = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_ACC_SCALE, \
+                                          .mag_addr  = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_ADDR, \
+                                          .mag_pin   = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_PIN, \
+                                          .mag_rate  = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_RATE, \
+                                          .mag_gain  = LSM303DLHC_PARAM_MAG_GAIN }
+/**@}*/
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Allocate some memory to store the actual configuration
+ */
+static const lsm303dlhc_params_t lsm303dlhc_params[] =
+{
+#ifdef LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_CUSTOM
+    LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_CUSTOM,
+#else
+    LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_DEFAULT,
+#endif
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Additional meta information to keep in the SAUL registry
+ */
+static const saul_reg_info_t lsm303dlhc_saul_info[] =
+{
+    { .name = "lsm303dlhc" }
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* LSM303DLHC_PARAMS_H */
+/** @} */