The advent of small, low-g IC accelerometers is stimulating new applications as diverse as security systems and sports and health monitors. The ability to use human movement and gesture as inputs to ...

A 1-op-amp circuit for processing the signal from a piezoelectric accelerometer. Accelerometers are used in instrumentation applications to measure a change in velocity with respect to time or an ...

We barely notice them, but they're one of the most important features buried in the everyday smartphone experience. Accelerometers are devices that can measure acceleration (the rate of change in ...

In a conference room at Analog Devices (ADI), Howard Wisniowski holds a demo board a little bigger than a commemorative stamp about a meter above the table top. An ADI motion sensor and associated ...

The explosive growth of portable equipment such as laptop computers, media players and PDAs has fueled an increasing demand for hard-disk drives and a pressing need to protect them from severe impact ...