3-axis accelerometer targets industrial motors and equipment

The FXLN83xxQ accelerometer is designed to capture acceleration information often missed by less accurate sensors commonly deployed in consumer products such as smartphones and exercise activity monitors. The device enables intelligent algorithms to better perform fault prognostication for predictive maintenance and condition monitoring applications.

Freescale has claimed that the accelerometer is one of the first 3-axis devices to operate over a temperature range from -40 to +105°C and features the highest bandwidth in its class, 2.7 kHz. Universally compatible across a wide range of ADC-enabled MCUs, the analogue accelerometer provides exceptionally low power consumption for battery-operated applications, exposed leads for rapid solder joint inspection and ten years guaranteed product availability (via Freescale’s product longevity program).

The FXLN83xxQ offers a 1.71-3.6V supply voltage, ±2g to 16g selectable range and compact footprint in a 3x3x1.05mm QFN package with 0.65mm pitch.

To support product development, Freescale also provides the DEMOFXLN83xxQ evaluation kit, four breakout boards for a quick retrofit of the device and Xtrinsic Intelligent Sensing Framework for quick and easy software development.

The FXLN83xxQ accelerometer is available now from $1.20 each in 1,000 unit quantities.