Kionix enters the consumer gyro market with dual-axis and tri-axis gyroscopes - designed to strike a balance between current consumption and noise performance with excellent bias stability over temperature.
These 24-pin, low-power, angular-rate sensors feature 16-bit digital outputs over a measurement range of ±2048º/sec, which may be accessed through SPI or I²C communication. Analog outputs are also available in user selectable ranges of ±256º/sec, ±512º/sec, ±1024º/sec and ±2048º/sec.
Featuring an embedded temperature sensor and user-definable sensor bandwidth, these sensors can accept supply voltages between 2.6V and 3.3V and digital communication voltages between 1.8 and 3.3V. The gyro consists of a sensor and ASIC packaged in a 5x5x0.9mm Land Grid Array (LGA).
MEMS gyroscopes are making consumer-electronics history with their rapidly-growing integration into a wide range of products. Their increased usage has sparked a renewed excitement in the consumer and automotive space for motion-enabled functionality. Their measurement of angular rate to maintain orientation has enabled applications for computer gaming, optical stabilization, body-motion dynamics, dead reckoning for location-based services, and electronic stability control. MEMS gyros are in virtual-reality headsets, computer pointing devices, game controllers, cameras and camcorders, aircraft, and automobiles, and the field is wide open for applications yet to be imagined.
