Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny devices used in technologies such as microphones, accelerometers and biosensors. MEMS are highly useful but prone to physical stress that affects their ...

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 ...

How VC MEMS accelerometers, angular rate sensors, and 6DoF configurations support motion studies Test articles rarely move in ...

AKRON, Ohio, 7 July 2011. The Spectrum Sensors & Controls Inc. Precision Inertial Products Operations in Akron, Ohio, is introducing the XL403A analog rugged MEMS accelerometers that measure ...

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, ...

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.

For Immediate Release - Kirkland, WA, USA – Silicon Designs, Inc., a leader in rugged MEMS DC accelerometer technology, has announced that three of its most widely used industrial-grade, surface-mount ...

A new microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor system offers 1,000 times more sensitivity and far greater dynamic range than conventional, high-volume accelerometers. The inertial sensor system, ...

Silicon Designs, Inc. announced the launch of the model 2466 series. It is a family of low-cost industrial grade triaxial universal MEMS capacitive accelerometer modules with eight-pin connector, ...