HBK has launches what it describes as a “tactical-grade” embedded inertial navigation system in a 38 x 24 x 8.6mm 8.3g package – 18% thinner and 20% lighter than its earlier 3DMCV5. 3DM-CV7-INS, as it will be known, has 1.5°/hr gyro bias instability – which is where the tactical grade comment comes from, and is calibrated over its operating range ...
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Nanusens has designed an all-digital capacitance measurement circuit to integrate alongside its MEMS sensors. “This means that both the sensor structure and its detection circuitry can be made at the same time within a chip using standard CMOS processes on whatever process node is required,” said the Devon, UK company. “As a result, ASICs can now be made with several ...
GNSS RTK 2 is a multi-band GNSS sensor plus integrated inertial measurement unit and sensor fusion for industrial applications, build in Mikroe’s 57 x 25mm Click board format. Based on Ublox’ ZED-F9R professional-grade GNSS positioning module, it can receive signals from GPS, Glonass, Galileo and BeiDou “plus SBAS and QZSS satellites can be received concurrently”, according to Mikroe. “Built-in algorithms ...
IAM-20685 is the smallest ASIL-B-compliant monolithic 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit in production, according to TDK, and it was developed in compliance with ISO 26262 for automated vehicle parking, for example. It “enables parking-assistance systems to determine the vehicle’s motion and vision systems to enable stabilisation techniques and improve image quality, and for positioning systems to enhance absolute position accuracy,” ...
Honeywell has created a tough six-degrees-of-freedom inertial measurement unit for heavy-duty and off-road vehicle applications. TARS-IMU, as it is called, comes in two versions: 5V or 9 – 36V, and includes a sensor-fusion algorithm. “The sensor fusion algorithm can be customised for specific vehicle applications via on-board firmware, allowing movement data to be filtered to minimise unwanted noise and vibrations,” ...
U-blox is creating automotive-grade positioning modules that combine data from GNSS (satellite) and internal inertial sources. “The modules are all automotive grade, with the NEO-M9L-01A variant offering an operational temperature range up to 105°C, making it suitable for integration on the roof, behind the windscreen, or inside electronics control units,” according to the company. Inside is a six-axis inertial measurement ...
Panasonic has teamed up with Sensible 4 of Espoo, Finland, to test Panasonics latest inertial measurement unit (IMU) in autonomous vehicles. Sensible 4 develops software for all-weather autonomous vehicles, building on 30 years of work with mobile robotics. “The IMU is employed to rectify the point cloud and thus impacts the accuracy of lidar data,” said Sensible 4’s Fredrik Forssell. “We are excited ...
Murata has announced an inertial sensor for adding navigation to industrial equipment, even in environments where there is high mechanical shock and vibration. The six-degrees-of-freedom sensor is called SCHA63T and includes X, Y and Z-axis angular rate sensors and a three-axis accelerometer based on capacitive MEMS. Signal processing is done with two mixed signal ASICs that provide angular rate via an ...
Aceinna has announced a triple-redundant, three-axis MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope sensor for automotive driver assistance, drones and robotics. Called IMU383ZA, the 24 x 37 x 9.5mm module is factory-calibrated across -40 to +85°C. “IMU383ZA is an improved pin-compatible version of our IMU381ZA,” according to the company. “It offers 1.3°/hr, 0.08°/√hr performance and a triple-redundant sensor architecture for reliability. Aceinna’s proprietary voting scheme will ...
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