Modern Breakthrough Technologies Enable New Applications Based on IMU Systems

This paper describes IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) platforms and their main target applications with a special focus on the 10-degree-of-freedom (10-DOF) inertial platform iNEMO and its technical features and performances. The iNEMO module is equipped with a 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, a 3-axis MEM...

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Main Authors: Nunzio Abbate, Adriano Basile, Carmen Brigante, Alessandro Faulisi, Fabrizio La Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Sensors
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/707498
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Summary:This paper describes IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) platforms and their main target applications with a special focus on the 10-degree-of-freedom (10-DOF) inertial platform iNEMO and its technical features and performances. The iNEMO module is equipped with a 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, a 3-axis MEMS gyroscope, a 3-axis MEMS magnetometer, a pressure sensor, and a temperature sensor. Furthermore, the Microcontroller Unit (MCU) collects measurements by the sensors and computes the orientation through a customized Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) for sensor fusion.
ISSN:1687-725X
1687-7268