Baolab to create low cost reconfigurable IMUs
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Baolab Microsystems plans to modify the structures of its 3D NanoCompass to build a range of other motion sensors and create low cost reconfigurable inertial measurement units (IMUs).
The NanoIMUs will use the company's NanoEMS technology to create nanoscale micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) within the standard metal structure of a high volume manufactured cmos wafer.
"We have designed ways to modify the structure that we developed for the 3D NanoCompass so that it can be used to create gyroscopes and accelerometers as well as magnetometers," explained Dave Doyle, Baolab's ceo. "As we have the ability to build combinations of these different types of sensors simultaneously on the same chip along with the associated electronics to provide control and intelligence, we will be able to create the product that the industry is wanting – multi sensor IMUs that can be activated and configured dynamically as required by the application."
The company hopes that this production technique will slash the costs of creating smart multi sensor IMUs and accelerate the drive to provide multi sensor awareness in almost any device for enhanced performance.
