Posts Tagged ‘iPad Sensors’

sensor tools from creators of iPad – iNemo

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

STMicroelectronics, which owns the trademark for the IPAD, has now launched the iNEMO, a family of multi-sensor Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) devices combined with micocontrollers.

The integration of a variety of motion, magnetic, pressure and temperature sensors with a 32-bit processing unit and dedicated software in one package will lead to leaps in functionality and performance in a wide variety of applications, including Gaming, Human Machine Interface, Robotics, Portable Navigation Devices and Patient Monitoring.

Features and Description
Two power supply options: power connector, USB connector
Battery monitoring via LBO signal
STM32F103: high-density Performance line ARM-based 32-bit MCU with 256- to 512-Kbyte Flash, USB, CAN, 11 timers, 3 ADCs, 13 communication interfaces
Boot from user Flash, system memory or SRAM
LPR530AL: 2–axis gyroscope (roll, pitch) 300°/s full scale, analog output, optional additional filters
LPY530AL: 2–axis gyroscope (pitch, yaw) 300°/s full scale, analog output, optional additional filters
LIS331DLH: 3–axis accelerometer, ±2g/±4g/±8g full scale, SPI digital output
HMC5843: 3-axis magnetometer, configurable full scale ±4 gauss (max), I2C digital output
LPS001DL: pressure sensor 300-1100 mbar absolute full scale, I2C digital output, barometer
STLM75: temperature sensor, –55 °C to +125 °C range, I2C digital interface
Wireless capability, ZigBee® module plug-in with InSight™ Port
MicroSD™ card slot
COM connector with RTS and CTS signals
USB 2.0 full speed connection
Reset button
User LED and button
RoHS compliant

More info & purchase: link

iPad sensors

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

iPad is equipped with over one thousand hardware sensors for touch sensitivity