TECHNICAL NOTES
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 Package Handling, Mounting, and Soldering Guidelines  This technical note is intended to provide guidelines for the handling, mounting, and soldering of Kionix's accelerometers.

Table of Contents
    Component Handling
    Physical Mounting Recommendations
    Soldering Guidelines
    De-Soldering / Re-Work

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 PCB Design Guidelines for 3x3 LGA Accelerometers This technical note is intended to provide information about Kionix's 3 x 3 mm LGA packages and guidelines for developing PCB land pattern layouts. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 PCB Design Guidelines for 3x5 LGA Accelerometers This technical note is intended to provide information about Kionix's 3 x 5 mm LGA packages and guidelines for developing PCB land pattern layouts. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 PCB Design Guidelines for 5x5 DFN Accelerometers This technical note is intended to provide information about Kionix's 5 x 5 mm DFN packages and guidelines for developing PCB land pattern layouts. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 MEMS Sensor Terminology A document explaining common MEMS sensor terminology. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 Interrupt Threshold Calculator A spreadsheet calculator for determining thresholds and delays. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download XLS)
 Kionix Filters and Startup Time A spreadsheet calculator for calculating filter caps. Shows how selected filter caps effect start times. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download XLS)
 Sockets for Accelerometer Development A list of recommendations for board level accelerometer sockets with links to the manufacturers. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 Kionix Evaluation Board Mating Connector All Kionix accelerometer evaluation boards use the same 14-pin header, so a common mating connector can be used for all products. To aid our customers in their accelerometer evaluation, Kionix is offering the name of a retailer, and the part number for the mating connector we recommend, for evaluation board interfacing. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 Noise Measurements This technical note is intended to provide general guidelines for characterizing noise performance of MEMS accelerometers. Download Adobe Acrobat Document (Download PDF)
 Kionix_Inc_PADs_200908 Library of Kionix packages for PADS PCB Design Tool. Download ZIP (Download ZIP)