New Generation of Motion Sensors: Bosch Sensortec Announces Intelligent Accelerometers and High Performance Gyroscopes at CES 2016

New Generation of Motion Sensors: Bosch Sensortec Announces Intelligent Accelerometers and High Performance Gyroscopes at CES 2016

LAS VEGAS, January 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

    CES 2016 (January 6 to 9), Las Vegas

    Embedded intelligence enables next generation of smart phones and wearables

       
        - Intelligent features improve user experience and extend battery life time
        - Meeting every requirement, from always-on step counting to demanding optical image
          stabilization (OIS)

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    Bosch Sensortec today announces new generations of intelligent accelerometers and high
performance gyroscopes at the 2016 International CES [http://www.cesweb.org ] in Las
Vegas.

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    Aimed at smart phones, tablets and wearables, the new devices cover a wide range of
requirements, from low power consumption for always-on applications such as step counting,
to high performance optical image stabilization (OIS).

    Intelligent three-axis accelerometers - BMA422 and BMA455 

    Today's applications running on modern mobile devices place many demands on motion
sensors. These sensors are required to continuously sense motion, such as for step
counting operations, while at the same time delivering a high level of performance without
compromising battery lifetime.

    To meet these challenges, the new sensors from Bosch Sensortec are the first to
integrate embedded intelligence functionality into standalone accelerometers. Adding
intelligent features to an accelerometer enables innovative applications, while minimizing
power consumption by eliminating the need to wake up an application processor or an
additional discrete sensor hub. Overall system power management and user experience can be
improved by the accelerometer detecting and processing motions such as glance, pick-up and
tilt.

    Current consumption of the new accelerometers is kept very low to extend battery life
time and the integrated Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" features minimize programming effort for
customers. Each device delivers outstanding accelerometer performance, most importantly,
low offset, low temperature coefficient offset (TCO) and low noise levels.

    Two new accelerometers are being launched: the BMA422 "all-rounder" is ideally suited
for standard applications, the BMA455 provides high performance for areas such as gaming
and immersive activity-tracking. In addition the high level of performance enables the
most demanding applications covering augmented reality, virtual reality, image
stabilization and industrial measurement applications such as spirit leveling and
inclination measurement.

    High performance gyroscopes - BMG250 and BMG280 

    Mobile devices require gyroscopes for many applications, including gaming, augmented
reality, virtual reality and OIS. To provide the necessary performance, Bosch Sensortec's
new gyroscopes combine the most important parameters in a single device: low noise, low
TCO and high bias stability.

    Although delivering high performance, they do both feature the lowest power
consumption of any standalone gyroscope in the market, thus helping to extend battery
lifetime in mobile devices.

    Today's announcement includes two three-axis gyroscopes: the BMG250 provides low noise,
low TCO and high bias stability, while the BMG280 delivers ultra-low noise optimized for
OIS and includes a secondary interface for OIS, making it fit for use in camera modules.
The BMG280's secondary interface can be used in parallel with the primary user application
interface, for example for simultaneous panorama creation and OIS.

    Packages and availability 

    The new devices are all provided in small packages. The BMA422 measures
2.0 x 2.0 x 0.95 mmcubed, while the BMA455 is 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.65 mmcubed. The BMG250 and
BMG280 gyroscopes both measure 3.0 x 2.5 x 0.83 mmcubed.

    Samples of the all sensors are available now, with mass production of the gyroscopes
to commence in Q1 2016 and mass production of the accelerometers starting in mid-2016. For
pricing, please contact Bosch Sensortec.

    Trademarks 

    Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

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    Press Contact

    Press who would like to meet with Bosch Sensortec may contact embedded PR, Anja-Maria
Hastenrath, phone: +49-89-64913634-11, email: ah@embedded-pr.de .

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