Guest contributors Darioosh Naderi and Mark Marshall of Silicon Sensing look at how far the technology has come and why it’s poised to disrupt the market. For years, manufacturers have focused on the consumer and industrial grade performance that MEMS inertial technology provides, with many in the i
Silicon Sensing has introduced a new ultra-precise, 9 degrees-of-freedom inertial measurement unit (IMU), the DMU41, delivering the performance of its predecessor the DMU30 in a much smaller form factor.
With volume, weight and power consumption reduced by more than 40%, the silicon micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) DMU41 was designed through a customer-led process for the high-requirements applications of small satellite stabilization and control, autonomous air, ground and marine vehicles, machine control and motion measurements, airborne, railway and hydrographic mapping and more.
At 50x50x50mm, weighing 200g, the DMU41 represents a 54% reduction in volume and a 42% reduction in weight over the DMU30. It has a typical power consumption of less than 1.5w, which is 50% lower than DMU30’s typical usage.