ICM-42688-P 6-Axis IMU 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

Audience

Autonomous OEMs

Workflow

Angular-rate sensing, acceleration sensing, stabilization input, dead-reckoning support, motion-state estimation, and sensor-fusion input for control stacks.

Deployment environment

Robots, drones, embedded control boards, handheld devices, camera systems, and compact machines needing low-level inertial motion data.

Specifications

  • Operating Temperature: -40 to 85
  • Weight: 0.144
  • Motion Sensing: 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer
  • Gyro Range: ±15.625 to ±2000 dps selectable full-scale range
  • Accelerometer Range: ±2 g to ±16 g selectable full-scale range
  • Interface: I3C, I2C and SPI digital interfaces
  • Package Size: 2.5 x 3.0 x 0.91 mm

Tags

  • Peer Group: MEMS inertial sensor ICs
  • Workflow: Drone Autonomy Stack, Mobile Robot Navigation
  • Capability: Inertial Sensing
  • Stack Layer: Inertial sensing hardware, Navigation Layer

Comparable Systems

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