InvenSense touts first integrated 7-Axis MEMS Motion Tracking platform
The device which is suited to navigation, health and fitness applications comes in a compact 3.5mm x 3.5mm x 0.9mm package
InvenSense has launched the ICM-20728, which it says is the world's first integrated 7-axis (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer + pressure sensor) single chip platform solution with onboard Digital Motion Processor (DMP).
The single SoC delivers MotionTracking with absolute and relative altitude change for navigation, health and fitness applications.
The new InvenSense 7-axis platform targets mobile and wearable devices such as smartphones, tablets, fitness bands, and smart watches.
The ICM-20728 SoC uses InvenSense's "˜AlwaysOn' vision and consumes approximately 2mW of power with full 7-axis and DMP active. This 7-axis motion tracking solution combines a gyroscope and accelerometer with a fully integrated pressure sensor,
InvenSense's third generation DMP, algorithms, and delivers features such as ICM-20728 is software compatible with the previously announced ICM-20628.
Also, the InvenSense platform includes a programming environment for custom motion feature development with InvenSense Gesture Language (IGL) tools and the MotionApps software is fully compliant with, and drop-in ready, for multiple operating systems, including Google's latest Android KitKat release.
"InvenSense's integrated 7-axis platform with embedded processing is another technological breakthrough for the MEMS industry," says Ali Foughi, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at InvenSense. "With this device, InvenSense enables a new class of "˜AlwaysOn' applications and services, such as indoor navigation, activity tracking and fitness."
Sampling of the InvenSense ICM-20728 will commence within the first half of 2014.
