MEMS sensors include accelerometers to measure linear acceleration and earth gravity vectors, gyroscopes to measure angular velocity, magnetometers to measure earth’s magnetic fields for heading ...

TDK Corp. has introduced the miniature Tronics AXO315 one-axis, closed-loop MEMS accelerometer with a 24-bit digital SPI interface in a SMD package. The company claims the force-rebalance MEMS ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. The use of MEMS accelerometers to sense rapid deceleration for airbag deployment is well over a decade old and considered a well-known technology.

ADI’s ADXL375 200-g digital MEMS accelerometer delivers more than twice the bandwidth at less than half the power consumption of competing sensors used to measure high-g events. NORWOOD, ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "mCube MC3672: The smallest WLCSP MEMS Accelerometer for Wearables" report to their offering. With the MC3672, mCube has released the industry's ...

The hype is finally turning into reality—microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) sensors have turned into one of the hottest emerging component areas for medical, consumer, industrial, and automotive ...

No audio available for this content. Photo: Silicon Designs New radiation-tested, tactical-grade MEMS inertial accelerometers designed for spacecraft electronics testing Silicon Designs Inc. has ...

Sensors have tiny mechanical parts that move as a result of a specific stimulus and this movement is identified to form an ...

Industries and R&D sites depend on sensors to measure, monitor and analyze vibrations. Unfortunately, the best ways to get accurate and repeatable vibration data are not clear to many engineers; they ...

This article appeared in Electronic Design and has been published here with permission. Electronics for “personal” medical devices is an area of great research interest, especially when the device can ...