STMicroelectronics has added a high-performance standalone 3-axis magnetometer to its MEMS sensor portfolio. The new sensor delivers high performance in a very small package.
Because of its small size and high performance, the sensor is ideal for mobile phones, tablets or personal navigation devices. ST’s standalone magnetometeris also perfectly suited to indoor navigation applications where it reliably calculates dead-reckoning when no satellite signal is available By introducing the 2x2x1mmLIS3MDLmagnetometer, ST now offers unique flexibility for designers to implement movement and position detection in space-constrained products such as smartphones and personal navigation devices.The device can also be combined with other discrete sensors from ST such as 3-axis MEMS accelerometer or 3-axis MEMS gyroscope, to build sensors with as many as 9 degrees of freedom (DOF).
“By introducing our first discrete magnetometerand offering high performance and low power consumption, we can now offer customers a complete range of standalone and integrated miniaturesensors,” said Fabio Pasolini, General Manager, Motion MEMS Division, STMicroelectronics.
