Freescale 9-Axis Sensor Toolbox Breakout Board from element14
Small prototype board comes with three of the latest sensing technologies;
3D accelerometer, gyroscope and 3D magnetometer
3 June 2015, element14 has added the Freescale 9-axis sensor toolbox breakout board to its extensive portfolio of technology products, which includes the largest range of development kits available globally from one single source.
The new 9-axis Freescale Sensor Toolbox Breakout Board, BRKT-STBC-AGM01, features three of the latest sensing technologies incorporated onto a single board, and is a smaller-footprint version of the recently launched FRDM-STBC-AGM01.
These sensing technologies allow users to determine motion, position and location as well as angle of rotation. Moreover, as this breakout board can be simply soldered on to an existing design, it enables designers to easily test applications that need to detect motion, orientation and location information, such as:
· Freefall and motion detection
· Vector-magnitude change detection
· Pulse and tap detection (single and double)
· Industrial and consumer grade robots, UAVs, and RC vehicles
· Gyro-stabilized electronic compass
· Gesture-based user interfaces and Human Machine Interface (HMI)
· Mobile phones and tablets
· Virtual and augmented reality devices (including glasses)
David Shen, Group Chief Technology Officer at element14 said, “This breakout board is an innovative approach in allowing designers to incorporate the development kit directly into their prototypes. The ability to test the onboard 3-axis gyroscope and the integrated e-compass in real world environments will significantly improve a prototype’s accuracy and help shorten the final designs time to market.”
The breakout board is supported by the Freescale Sensor Fusion Toolbox and works with most Freescale Freedom boards. It features a FXAS21002C gyroscope and FXOS8700CQ integrated e-compass.
The Freescale 9-axis sensor toolbox breakout board is priced at £8.99 and ships from Farnell element14 in Europe, Newark element14 in North America (US$11.95), and element14 in Asia (S$20.50); details are available at http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-75622.
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