MicroStrain
About
About MicroStrain
MicroStrain by HBK develops inertial sensors and navigation modules for autonomous systems, aerospace platforms, mobile robots and industrial machines. Its product range includes inertial measurement units, vertical-reference units, attitude and heading reference systems and dual-antenna GNSS/INS devices. The modules combine accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers and satellite positioning with onboard filtering to provide orientation, velocity and position outputs to a host controller.
The 3DM-CV family targets compact embedded motion sensing, while the 3DM-GQ7 combines dual-antenna GNSS, inertial sensing and real-time kinematic correction support for navigation. Developers can integrate the devices through serial interfaces, published command sets and the open-source MicroStrain Communication Library. MicroStrain is part of HBK and operates from Williston, Vermont, supplying embedded localization modules to vehicle and robot manufacturers.
Products
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Westwood Robotics
Outbound - Inertial Sensing - Westwood Robotics THEMIS integrates a MicroStrain 3DM-CV7-AHRS for orientation and acceleration sensing
Source - ROBOTIS
Outbound - Inertial Sensing - Historical THORMANG3 specifications list a MicroStrain 3DM-GX4-25 IMU
Source - RT Corporation
Outbound - Inertial Sensing - RT Corporation’s Gorilla includes a MicroStrain 3DM-GX5-25 IMU
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Timeline
Events
- 2024-10-02 - Product Launch - MicroStrain launches GV7 tactical-grade inertial sensors
The GV7 family includes vertical-reference, AHRS and externally aided INS configurations. Each sensor uses a 36.2 × 36.6 × 10.2 mm, 17.7 g enclosure designed for operation from −40°C to 85°C. The series supports sampling up to 1 kHz plus factory-supported ROS 1 and ROS 2 drivers and the MSCL API.
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Relations
Relationships
- Clearpath Robotics
Imu Ros Driver Integration Partner - MicroStrain and Clearpath Robotics partnered to improve MicroStrain IMU ROS drivers for Clearpath robot platforms.
- HBK
Operating Brand - MicroStrain operates as MicroStrain by HBK after Spectris completed its acquisition of the sensing-systems business.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Inertial Labs
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stack adjacency
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Shared workflows
- AdamantQ
workflow adjacency - Resilient Positioning Navigation
- Evolunar
workflow adjacency - Resilient Positioning Navigation
- TERN
workflow adjacency - Resilient Positioning Navigation
- Testnor
workflow adjacency - Resilient Positioning Navigation
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workflow adjacency - Resilient Positioning Navigation
Context tags
- Inertial and resilient navigation stack - Stack Layer - MicroStrain by HBK supplies inertial navigation products for aerospace, robotics, defence and industrial automation.
- Localization hardware supplier - Stack Layer - MicroStrain INS/GNSS products support localization hardware supply; the defining tag remains inertial navigation.
- Resilient positioning and navigation - Workflow - MicroStrain IMU and GNSS/INS products support resilient positioning in challenging robot and UAS environments.