Bosch Sensortech's BMX160 is a very small, low power, low noise, absolute orientation sensor designed for use in wearable devices like smartwatches or augmented reality glasses. It comprises a 3-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, and geomagnetic sensor in a single package. Its current consumption is typically 1580 μA, enabling always-on applications in battery driven devices. The BMX160 is available in a compact 14-pin 2.5 mm x 3.0 mm x 0.95 mm LGA package.
Features
- High-performance accelerometer, gyroscope, and geomagnetic sensor
- Very low power consumption: typ. 1585 µA in high-performance mode
- Android Marshmallow certified: significant motion, step detector/step counter (5 µA each)
- Very small 2.5 mm x 3.0 mm footprint, height 0.95 mm
- Built-in power management unit (PMU) for advanced power management
- Power saving with fast start-up mode of gyroscope
- Wide power supply range: 1.71 V to 3.6 V
- Allocatable FIFO buffer of 1024 bytes
- Hardware sensor time-stamps for accurate sensor data fusion
- Integrated interrupts for enhanced autonomous motion detection
- Flexible digital primary interface to connect to host over I2C or SPI
- Extended I2C mode with clock frequencies up to 1 MHz
Applications
- Augmented reality and immersive gaming
- 3D scanning and indoor mapping
- Indoor navigation and pedestrian dead-reckoning, step counting
- Wearable accessories requiring a small footprint and high performance
- 9-axis sensor fusion, air mouse applications
- Optical image stabilization
