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The all new MEMS G50Z High Performance Single Axis Gyro is a MEMS Rate Sensor with both excellent bias over temperature and low noise. Designed for commercial stabilization and aircraft applications, the unit utilizes standard +5V DC power and has a voltage output. The -200 model features a +/- VSG compatible signal.

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Yole Développement releases a global analysis on accelerometers and gyroscopes markets, however it can be available in 2 separate reports:

1 - High performances MEMS for automotive, medical, industrial, aeronautic and defence applications
2 - Accelerometers and gyroscopes for Consumer

1 - MEMS MARKET

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1/7/2008 West Lafayette, IN — Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature “biosensors,” a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.The experimental devices represent a new class of portable sensors designed to capture and detect specific “target molecules,” which will allow the sensors to identify pathogens, DNA or other substances.Now researchers at Purdue University are the first to create “a new conceptual framework” and corresponding computational model to relate the shape of a sensor to its performance and explain why certain designs perform better than others, said Ashraf Alam, a professor of electrical and computer engineering.Findings also refute long-held assumptions about how to improve sensor performance.The researchers tested and validated their model with experimental data from various other laboratories.

“Many universities and companies are conducting experiments in biosensors,” Alam said. “The problem is that until now there has been no way to consistently interpret the wealth of data available to the research community. Our work provides a completely different perspective on how to analyze their data and how to interpret them.”

Research findings are detailed in a paper that appeared in the Dec. 21 issue of the journal Physical Review Letters. The paper was written by electrical and computer engineering doctoral student Pradeep Nair and Alam.

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Freescale has launched the ColdFire V1 core, which it claims blends 32bit performance with the ease of use of an 8bit microcontroller. The move is a response to increasing performance and memory requirements in such applications as medical, industrial and motor control.
The 68K/ColdFire V1 core will provide the engine for 32bit devices that are not only compatible with 8bit microcontrollers – allowing easy migration between architectures – but which also use the same peripheral modules and development tools as products based on the S08 architecture.
“The 68K/ColdFire V1 core is Freescale’s next step in delivering the Controller Continuum, our roadmap for 8 and 32bit product compatibility that will give designers the ability to move effortlessly between 8 and 32bit microcontrollers,” said Mike McCourt, vice president and general manager of Freescale’s Microcontroller Division.
Early supporters of the 68K/ColdFire V1 core include Opto 22, a developer of hardware and software products for applications in industrial automation and remote monitoring.
Matt Chang, Opto 22’s engineering manager, said: “The introduction of the V1 core will allow us to use both 8 and 32bit technology in a formerly 8bit only space, without the development discontinuities imposed by multiple architectures.”
The 68K/ColdFire V1 core has the lowest power consumption of any 68K/ColdFire product to date, while offering more performance than 8bit microcontrollers.
The V1 core uses the S08 bus structure, which enables the use of similar peripheral and memory modules. For package pin compatibility, the V1 uses the S08’s single pin background debug mode to create simple interface configuration.
Freescale intends to introduce multiple products based on the 68K/ColdFire V1 core throughout 2007