Kionix New Gyros Target Consumer Apps

With analysts’ expectations of a $1.04B market by 2014, it is no surprise that Kionix has applied its MEMS expertise to consumer gyroscopes. The company offers both digital and analog versions of its dual-axis KGY12 and tri-axis KGY13. The 16-bit digital outputs (I2C and SPI) have a measurement range of ±2048°/sec. Analog outputs are available in user-selectable ranges of ±256°/sec, ±512°/sec, ±1024°/sec and ±2048°/sec. Both gyros are offered in a 5x5x0.9mm 24-pin land grid array (LGA) package and have user-definable bandwidth and embedded temperature sensors.

Get more information on Kionix dual-axis KGY12 and tri-axis KGY13.

Cypress Semiconductor’s FirstTouch Starter Kit includes Kionix Accelerometer

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation selected the Kionix KXSC7 accelerometer for use in the new CY8CKIT-014 PSoC5 FirstTouch Starter Kit. The kit is based on the PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip architecture that uses the 32-bit ARM® Cortex-M3 processor.

The KXSC7 series of Tri-axis, 2g-6, analog accelerometers have low-power consumption and several preset internal low-pass filters with an option for user-definable bandwidth if required for the application. 

In addition to the Kionix accelerometer, the starter kit includes a Thermistor, Proximity Sensing, a CapSense® touch-sensing interface, I/O’s, projects and software to allow users to evaluate PSoC5.

For more information and to order Cypress Semiconductor CY8CKIT-014 PSoC5 FirstTouchTM Starter Kit ($49.00), click here.

For more information about Kionix KXSC7 accelerometer, click here.