MD&M East

Accelerometer Provides Real-Time Feedback for Handheld CPR Device

The PocketCPR features an accelerometer that enables feedback on rate and depth of chest compressions during CPR. When a person experiences sudden cardiac arrest, chances of survival drop 7 to 10% ...

Texas Tech professor develops motion-based musical instrument for people with disabilities

A Texas Tech School of Music assistant professor has spent 12 years developing an instrument that uses motion sensors instead of traditional keys or strings.
EDN

Designer’s guide to accelerometers: choices abound

Also known as inertial sensors, accelerometers are critical elements in key applications such as automotive air-bag deployment, smartphone motion tracking, and industrial predictive maintenance. These ...
Military

Soldier-worn sensor that measures the destructive power of explosives uses MEMS accelerometer from Analog Devices

ARLINGTON, Va., 5 June 2012. Infantry technology experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) needed a small, low-power accelerometer second generation of DARPA's Blast Gauge ...
Military

MEMS-based accelerometer for extreme-temperature industrial applications introduced by Analog Devices

NORWOOD, Mass., 24 May 2011. Analog Devices Inc. in Norwood, Mass., is introducing the ADXL206 precise, low power, dual-axis iMEMS accelerometer for extreme-high-temperature industrial applications ...
Business Wire

Analog Devices’ 3-axis High-g MEMS Accelerometer Enables Highly Accurate Impact, Shock, and Concussive Detection Systems

ADI’s ADXL375 200-g digital MEMS accelerometer delivers more than twice the bandwidth at less than half the power consumption of competing sensors used to measure high-g events. NORWOOD, ...
Machine Design

Introduction to accelerometers

How do piezoelectric accelerometers — vibration sensors — work? The force caused by vibration or a change in motion (acceleration) causes the sensor's mass to “squeeze” contained piezoelectric ...
EDN

3-axis accelerometer sets low power benchmark for mobile devices

Norwood, Mass. — Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the availability of the ADXL330, the industry's lowest power 3-axis accelerometer for a wide assortment of portable consumer devices with small ...
Business Wire

Analog Devices' 3-Axis MEMS Accelerometer Available Now; Sets Ultra-Low Power Consumption Benchmark

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2005--Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), innovating in MEMS technology for over a decade, today added a 3-axis accelerometer to its iMEMS(R) family of motion ...
Embedded

Tiny device combines accelerometer and temperature sensor

A tiny 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, the LIS2DTW12 from STMicroelectronics embeds a temperature sensor that boasts typical accuracy of 0.8°C. The device’s thin 2×2×0.7-mm LGA-12 plastic package allows it ...

Your Android device can also be a bubble level - here's how to access it

If you don't have one or are having trouble locating your bubble level, Android phones can actually use Google search to produce a simple bubble level to use.