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How sensors help you play ball: part 2

December 11, 2023 By Randy Frank

A FIFA-compliant match ball from Adidas has a TDK InvenSense 6-axis MotionTracking device and other electronics mounted in the center of the ball. As shown in Figure 1, the Adidas patented suspension system stabilizes the electronics module. Instead of having the sensing/communication module mounted on the surface of the ball near the inflator valve, the […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Magnetic sensor, MEMS Sensor Technology, Pressure Sensor, Time-of-Flight, Vision systems Tagged With: adidas

How sensors help you play ball: part 1

December 6, 2023 By Randy Frank

In addition to the respect and pride of accomplishment that winning in any sport provides, if it’s done at the professional level, the monetary rewards of winning can be great as well. In fact, exceptional performance can create a lasting legacy for a player, a team, and a coach. This gives coaches, trainers, and the […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Vision systems Tagged With: airtls

What’s the difference between sensors used in underwater, flying, and creeping robots or drones? part 3

November 17, 2023 By Randy Frank

The abilities of robots continue to advance with highly capable products performing a variety of tasks, looking almost humanlike as they speak, and even garnering appearances in movies.  Perhaps less attractive but equally or even more useful, creeping or crawling robots bring drones down to earth and, in fact, inside the earth. Unlike the micro […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Robotics, Smart cameras, Ultrasonic, Ultrasonic, Vision systems Tagged With: sewer robotics

Has integrated sensor and circuitry reached a new milestone?

May 30, 2023 By Randy Frank

Since the earliest days of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor products, the goal of easily combining the sensing structures made using MEMS processing with the required signal conditioning has driven many sensor R&D labs. If successful, the solution would make the resulting devices more useful in a broader range of applications. In the 1980s, the circuitry […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Magnetic sensor, MEMS Sensor Technology, Pressure Sensor Tagged With: nanusens

IMU measures six axes while drawing less than 10 mA

January 4, 2023 By Redding Traiger

TDK Corporation announces the expansion of the InvenSense SmartIndustrial sensor platform family. With its support for an extended temperature range of -40 oC to 105 oC, this new 6-axis IMU targets industrial applications that require extreme stability over temperature and great vibration immunity. The IIM-20670 features a robust monolithic 6-axis IMU, 3-axis accelerometer, and 3-axis […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Sensors Tagged With: tdkcorporation

Motion sensor boasts current consumption of 790µA compared to 925µA

October 25, 2022 By Redding Traiger

Tiny MEMS motion sensors are all around us. They make consumer products easier to use and improve how our smartphones and other gadgets interact with us. These sensors are precise, compact, and power-efficient, however, until now, they have been complex for basic applications. To address this issue, Bosch Sensortec is launching the BMI323, an affordable […]

Filed Under: Gyroscope, Products, Sensors, Temperature Tagged With: Bosch Sensortec

What’s in the ball?

August 23, 2022 By Randy Frank

On August 20, in the third round of the BMW Championship golf tournament, an attendee put a remote-controlled golf ball on the 15th green where professional golfers Rory McIlroy and Scott Stallings were putting and tried to navigate it into the hole. After two failed attempts from McIlroy to knock the ball away with his […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope Tagged With: sphero

PIGAs can indeed fly – and are still the best, Part 3: history and future

March 31, 2022 By Bill Schweber

The PIGA is the oldest accelerometer widely used in rocketry and guidance, and still the best — but MEMS-based devices are getting closer. The previous parts looked at the principle and operation of the PIGA. This part looks briefly at its history and refinement and the MEMS-based versions of the PIGA being developed and used […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Other Tagged With: FAQ

PIGAs can indeed fly — and are still the best, Part 2: operation

March 30, 2022 By Bill Schweber

The PIGA is the oldest accelerometer and widely used in rocketry and guidance, and still the best — but MEMS-based devices are getting closer. At the core of each single-axis PIGA is a gyroscope. The performance of this gyro — unrelated to the orientation gyros — plays a large role in determining the performance of […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Tagged With: FAQ

PIGAs can indeed fly — and are still the best, Part 1: frame of reference

March 29, 2022 By Bill Schweber

PIGA

The PIGA is the oldest accelerometer, is widely used in rocketry and guidance, and is still the best — but MEMS-based devices are getting closer. When you see an inexpensive drone, a more sophisticated one, an unmanned aircraft, a standard piloted aircraft, guided or intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM), an underwater drone or submarine, or a […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Tagged With: FAQ

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