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ICM-42688-P 6-Axis IMU

About

About ICM-42688-P 6-Axis IMU

ICM-42688-P combines a three-axis gyroscope and three-axis accelerometer in a 2.5 × 3 × 0.91 mm package. Programmable accelerometer ranges extend from ±2 g to ±16 g, while the gyroscope supports ranges up to ±2,000 degrees per second. The device communicates through I²C, I3C or SPI and operates from 1.71 to 3.6 V.

A flight controller or robot computer samples the raw acceleration and angular-rate measurements and fuses them with other sensors to estimate orientation and movement. The IMU includes filtering, FIFO storage and timing functions that reduce the processing and communication burden on the host. Its low-noise performance and wide operating-temperature range support drones, stabilised cameras, mobile robots and other embedded systems requiring fast motion feedback.

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Research

  • A Study of a GNSS/IMU System for Object Localization and Spatial Position Estimation

    2025-11-14 - Research Publication - The study characterizes the ICM-42688-P alongside two other MEMS IMUs and integrates the selected inertial system with GNSS and Kalman filtering.

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Context

Market context

ICM-42688-P is a compact TDK-InvenSense 6-axis MEMS IMU combining gyroscope and accelerometer sensing for embedded motion, stabilization, and control systems.

  • Target environment: Robots, drones, embedded control boards, handheld devices, camera systems, and compact machines needing low-level inertial motion data.
  • Workflow context: Angular-rate sensing, acceleration sensing, stabilization input, dead-reckoning support, motion-state estimation, and sensor-fusion input for control stacks.
  • Customer context: Embedded-system designers, robotics teams, drone developers, board makers, motion-control engineers, and electronics integrators.
  • Deployment model: Board-level MEMS component integrated into customer electronics, generally paired with firmware, filtering, calibration, and higher-level navigation or stabilization software.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial TDK-InvenSense IMU component with technical data for embedded motion-sensing integration.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on noise requirements, drift handling, calibration, software filtering, board layout, operating conditions, and whether customers need raw IMU data or a packaged…
  • Market position: Low-level inertial sensing component in the robotics and drone supply chain, upstream of complete localization or autonomy systems.
  • Adjacent products: BHI360 Smart IMU, MTi-680G GNSS/INS, UST-10LX Scanning Rangefinder

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