MEMS Based Inertial Measurement Unit With A High-Performance MEMS Gyroscope And Accelerometer

1. Product overview

The 16497C-C0-IMU is a micromachining technology (MEMS) based inertial measurement unit (IMU) with a high-performance MEMS gyroscope and MEMS

The accelerometer outputs 3 angular velocities and 3 accelerations.

The 16497C-C0-IMU features high reliability and strong environmental adaptability. By matching different software, the product can be widely used in intelligent driving, tactical and industrial UAV, intelligent ammunition, seeker, mobile communication, mapping, stable platform and other fields.

2. Product features

1. Three-axis digital gyroscope:
   1. ± 500º/s dynamic measuring range;
   2. Zero bias stability: 5 °/H (GJB, 10s), 1.0 °/H (ALLAN);
2. Triaxial digital accelerometer:
   1. ± 16 G dynamic measuring range;
   2. Zero-bias stability: 0.5mg (GJB, 10s), 0.1mg (ALLAN);
3. High reliability: MTBF > 20000h;
4. Guaranteed accuracy within the full temperature range (-40 ℃ ~ 80 ℃): built-in high-performance temperature calibration and compensation algorithm;
5. Suitable for working under strong vibration conditions;
6. Interface 1 channel UART, 1 channel SPI, 1 channel CAN

3. Field of application

1. Intelligent driving
2. Tactical and Industrial UAV
3. Smart Munitions
4. Seeker
5. Communication in motion
6. Mapping
7. Stabilize the platform

4. Product indicators

IMU polarity definition

3 gyros and 3 accelerometers is defined as shown in the figure below, and the direction of the arrow is positive.

Shenzhen Fire Power Control Technology Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer specializing in the production of  electronic products and inertial devices, and providing technical consultation and export services. The company has a strong independent  team. The technical team is composed of many outstanding experts with more than 50 years of comprehensive industry  experience. The company has strong technical strength in the fields of vibration acceleration sensors, MEMS gyro, IMU, INS, angle testing equipment and other products, and is able to provide users with professional design, development, production and services of inertial devices and related simulation software.

Technical Advantages

Firepower technology fully possesses independent design capabilities in vibration acceleration sensors, MEMS gyro, IMU, INS, angle testing equipment and other products.. We have accumulated over ten years of research and development experience in the fields of optical sensing, MEMS sensing, with strong technical strength. We have mastered multiple core technologies including MEMS gyroscope and acceleration chip design, multi-core fusion technology, silicon optical chip technology, optical sensing. With the accumulation of technology, we have the ability to scale up industries and are in a leading position worldwide. Not only can we provide customers with high-performance products, but we can also significantly reduce production costs.

Production Capacity

Firepower has four subsidiaries with production line respectively, which are MEMS inertial product production line, micro-nano integrated inertial production line,vibration acceleration sensor production line and angle test equipment production line. A total investment of 15, 000 square meters has been built for scientific research and production, including 650 square meters 10, 000-class clean rooms that meet national standards, electrical-mounting production lines and environmental testing centers.

With more than ten years development, Firepower has become a high-tech enterprise with high level of craftsmanship and comprehensive products range in China. We have complete production line from chips to finished products after all testing, providing first level products among peers in domestic and over-sea market.

Production Environment

We have built clean rooms, electrical assembly production line, and environmental testing center that comply with the national "Clean Building Design Specification". It has complete precision measuring instruments and testing equipment, angle testing systems, high and  low temperature test chambers, vibration and shock test benches, precision optical indexing heads, functional centrifuges, mechanical testing rooms ,anechoic chambers, multi axis angle test equipment and other instruments and testing equipment to ensure product quality.