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Mike Stanley also blogs on sensors at Freescale and MEMSblog.
- Improved electronic compass software released: Xtrinsic eCompass software (MEMS Industry Group's MEMSblog)
- Free Android app teaches sensor fusion basics
- Building a virtual gyro (MEMSblog)
- Orientation Representations: Part 2 (MEMSblog)
- Orientation Representations: Part 1
- 12-Axis Xtrinsic Sensor Platform for Windows 8
- Freescale announces Windows 8 sensor fusion (MEMSblog)
- Magnetometer placement - where and why
- Accelerometer placement - whree and why (MEMSblog, also posted as Where should sensors be located within the product? at element14.com, and at Product Design & Development)
- How much flexibility do you need in your sensor fusion?
- What in the World is Contextual Sensing (MEMSblog, findMEMS.com)
- Evolving Intelligence with Sensors (MEMSblog, findMEMS.com)
- The Zen of Sensor Design (MEMSblog, findMEMS.com)
- Back to School: Technology Advancements Offer Smart Start (MEMSblog, findMEMS.com)
- When is Less More? Examining Low-Power, High Function MEMS Accelerometer Options (MEMSblog, findMEMS.blog)
- Sensing Danger in Paradise (findMEMS.com)
- Sense the World sensor video contest results
- "Sense the World" Sensor Video Contest (findMEMS.com)
- MEMS Technology Summit (findMEMS.com)
- MEMS Executiv Congress (findMEMS.com)
- Magnetic sensor makes electronic compass design easy (MEMSblog)
- Hard and soft iron magnetic compensation explained (MEMSblog)
- Magnetometers come in multiple flavors
- Sensor fusion with the MMA8451 accelerometer and MAG3110 magnetometer
- Online data sets for inertial & magnetic sensors (part 1) (MEMSblog)
- Xtrinsic smart pressure sensor wins embedded AWARD
- Xtrinsic pressure sensor / altimeter: Part 3
- Xtrinsic pressure sensor / altimeter: Part 2
- Xtrinsic pressure sensor / altimeter: Part 1
- What is sensor fusion? (MEMSblog)
- Freescale Tower System supports rapid prototyping
- Source form for eCompass software and 4 and 7 element magnetic routines (Yes!) (MEMSblog)
- Degrees of freedom vs. axes (MEMSblog)
- Robot and sensor fun at CES 2012 (MEMSblog)
- Innovative sensor technologies at CES 2012 (MEMSblog)
- Radar enables active safety (findMEMS.com
- Inertial sensors enable active safety
- For your reading pleasure: News and resources for sensors, fusion algorithms and applications
- Tsunami follow up - sensors & models do a good job of predicting wave action
- Workshop on Intelligent Sensor Hub Call for Papers (MEMSblog)
Papers:
- Intelligent sensor hub benefits for wireless sensor networks, IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium 2012, with S. Gervais-Ducouret and J.T. Adams
- AN1980, Using the 56F83xx Temperature Sensor, Freescale Semiconductor, 2005
- MEMS, MCUs and Tradeoffs for Sensor Fusion, March 13th, 2013 at EECatalog.com
References:
- Avoid Problems in Magnetic Sensor Layouts video by Randy Frank at SensorTips.com
- Freescale Rolls ‘Contextual Sensing' Platform by Charles J. Murray at designnews.com
- Windows 8 Tablets Sport Snazzy Sensors by R. Colin Johnson
- blip video discussing the Vigo Robot and MEMS at CES2012 (also online here)
- blogspot.com Video regarding MEMS application: Automotive/Motorsports Safety, also at CES 2012
- MEMS Technology Showcase at the 2012 MEMS Executive Congress
- MEMS Industry Group Launches MEMS Conference Track at Design West 2012
- Navigating the Great Indoors, Tekla S. Perry, 1 Nov 2012, spectrum.ieee.org
- Indoor Navigation Takes Signals and Sensors, Tekla S. Perry, 11 Sept 2012, spectrum.ieee.org
- Mapping From Wi-Fi "Fingerprints" Could Improve Indoor Navigation, Tekla Perry, 20 Dec, 2012, spectrum.ieee.org
Original EE Homepage.com Material:
- Sensors in the field and in the lab
- Teardown: Sudoku Game With Touch Screen
- Teardown: Pedometer
- Teardown: BTC M850 Optical Mouse
- Tutorial: Quadrature Encoding Explained
- Teardown: Umax Astra 1220P Desktop Scanner
- Even Busy Engineers Can Take Advantage of Lifelong Learning
- Teardown: A closeup view of technology on a small scale
- An Interview with Dr. Brenda McCaffrey of White Mountain Labs
- Teardown: Do You Have A Chip On Board?
- Trip Report: CES 2007
- An Interview With John Meredith, 2007 President IEEE-USA
