Bosch BMI088 Inertial Measurement Units
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bosch-bmi088-inertial-measurement-units/
Bosch’s BMI088 features high vibration suppression for drone and robotic applications. Bosch Sensortec’s BMI088 is a high-performance 6-axis inertial sensor consisting of a 16-bit digital, triaxial, ±24 g accelerometer and a 16-bit digital, triaxial, ±2000°/s gyroscope. BMI088 allows highly accurate measurement of orientation and detection of motion along three orthogonal axes. With high vibration robustness and […]
LSM6DSO – Always-on Motion-Processing iNEMO inertial measurement unit
https://www.electronics-lab.com/lsm6dso-always-motion-processing-inemo-inertial-measurement-unit/
The LSM6DSO is a system-in-package featuring a 3D digital accelerometer and a 3D digital gyroscope boosting performance at 0.55 mA in high-performance mode and enabling always-on low-power features for an optimal motion experience for the consumer. The LSM6DSO supports main OS requirements, offering real, virtual and batch sensors with 9 kbytes for dynamic data batching. […]
Minature Optical Gyroscope is Smaller Than a Grain of Rice
https://www.electronics-lab.com/minature-optical-gyroscope-smaller-grain-rice/
Gyroscopes are present in virtually any modern electronic gadget. They re used in a host of techs, like cell phones, vehicles, drones and wearables. The gyroscopes used presently in our phones will most likely be MEMS-based. Caltech, has gone some extra miles, by successfully developing a new type of gyroscope that is 500 times smaller […]
Iota V2 – Gyroscope Sensor in tiny dimensions
https://www.electronics-lab.com/iota-v2-gyroscope-sensor-tiny-dimensions/
De Martin Cote @ kickstarter.com designed v2 of his gyroscope sensor that is able to track movement on 3-axis. The new board is smaller, lighter, cheaper and has PPM output to connect on your RC remote control. He writes: Here is the evolution of my successful Gyroscope Sensor. Now smaller, lighter, cheaper and with optional PPM […]
L20G20IS Gyroscope: The secret behind the perfect picture
https://www.electronics-lab.com/l20g20is-gyroscope-secret-behind-perfect-picture/
STMelectronics introduces a super tiny two-axis gyroscope (L20G20IS), a Micro-Electro-Mechanical system (MEMS) designed for the optical image stabilization for Smartphones with less energy consumption compared to its predecessor (L2G2IS). A gyroscope, or gyro for short, adds an additional dimension to the information supplied from the accelerometer by tracking rotation or twist. An accelerometer measures linear acceleration of movement, while […]
Flight controller unit evaluation board for drones
https://www.electronics-lab.com/flight-controller-unit-evaluation-board-drones/
The STEVAL-FCU001V1 board from ST is designed to support quadcopter drone designers with the latest solutions for motor control, sensors and and microcontroller. A complete sample FW project allows the designer to begin flying small and medium size quadcopters (with brushed or brushless DC motors) immediately and evaluate the performance of the IMU sensors under […]
Open-Hardware Reaches The Outer Space with UPSat Satellite
https://www.electronics-lab.com/open-hardware-reaches-outer-space-upsat-satellite/
Libre Space Foundation completed the mission of building a completely Open-Source 2U CubeSat Satellite from scratch. It’s called “UPSat”. On April 18th at Cape Canaveral in Florida, Atlas V Rocket launched Private Cygnus Cargo Ship, and UPSat was among its cargo. With both software and hardware parts published on github. UPSat seems to be a […]
MEMS — A 22-billion-dollar-worth industry by 2018
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mems-22-billion-dollar-industry-2018/
Thanks to Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems MEMS technology, which will be a 22-billion-dollar-worth industry by 2018, our mobile phones are equipped with accelerometers and gyroscopes so they know the direction and rotate our mobile screen as needed. The applications of MEMS had expanded a lot in various fields like: energy harvesting using piezoelectric effect, microphones, gyroscopes, pressure sensors, […]
Tiny motion sensor fits wearable devices
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tiny-motion-sensor-fits-wearable-devices/
by Susan Nordyk @ edn.com: Bosch Sensortec’s BMX160 is a 9-axis motion sensor touted as the smallest in the industry for wearable and augmented/virtual-reality devices. The miniature device is housed in a 2.5×3.0×0.95-mm, 14-pin LGA package, small enough for smartphones, smart watches, fitness trackers, and even smart eyewear and jewelry. Combining an accelerometer, gyroscope, and geomagnetic […]
LSM6DSL – 3D accelerometer and 3D gyroscope
https://www.electronics-lab.com/lsm6dsl-3d-accelerometer-and-3d-gyroscope/
Two low-power 6-axis inertial modules introduced from STMicroelectronics, the LSM6DSL and LSM6DSM. Both they pack a 3-D digital accelerometer and a 3-D digital gyroscope in a miniature package. These modules consume 0.4 mA in combo normal mode and 0.65 mA in combo high-performance mode, cutting power consumption by as much as 50% over their current predecessors. The LSM6DSL […]