Date: 19/02/2010

New 3-Axis digital gyroscope from ST Micro for mobile phone and gaming console apps

ST Micro has introduced the L3G4200D, a new 3-axis digital gyroscope that employs a single sensing structure for motion measurement along all three orthogonal axes. The L3G4200D gyroscope increases accuracy and reliability in motion-controlled consumer applications.

The L3G4200D 3-axis digital gyroscope offers a set of user-programmable full-scale ranges from ±250 dps up to ±2000 dps, with the low full-scale values for high accuracy of slow-motion sensing and the high range to detect and measure fast gestures and movements. The device provides a 16-bit data output, together with additional embedded digital features, such as configurable low- and high-pass filters, and boasts high output stability over time and temperature.

"Over the past 18 months, ST has announced a new gyroscope almost every month, following an aggressive roadmap of increasing performance and reliability, coupled with dramatic reductions in size," said Benedetto Vigna, Group Vice President and General Manager of the MEMS, Sensors and High Performance Analog Division, STMicroelectronics. "Our innovative 3-axis digital gyroscope represents a true leap forward in ST-led consumerization of MEMS sensors, enabling major improvements in ever more popular motion-sensing user interfaces inside game controllers and mobile phones."

Price: Each $2.9 for quantities greater than 200k pieces

Availability: Volume production from end of Q2 2010

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