3DM Solid State 3-axis Pitch, Roll, & Yaw Sensor

MicroStrain's inertial, orientation and inclinometer product line includes simple inclinometers, commonly referred to as tiltmeters or clinometers, inertial measurement units (IMU) and attitude heading reference systems (AHRS) - With or without GPS-Receiver. These products can provide single axis or dual axis inclination, linear acceleration and angular rate, or orientation in the form of pitch, roll and heading (yaw or azimuth) Quaternion or orientation matrix.

UPDATE:

There is a typo in the 3DM-GX-series data sheets regarding the Gyro Bias stability. 

It should read: Gyro Bias Instability: +/-0.01°/sec

3DM is a 3-axis orientation sensor capable of measuring: ± 180 degrees of yaw heading, ± 180 degrees of pitch, and ± 70 degrees of roll. Orthogonal arrays of magnetometers and accelerometers are used to compute the pitch, roll and yaw angles over a wide angular range.

The 3DM is sold as a starter kit for the first unit purchased, afterwhich, just the board can be purchased. The starter kit includes the standard board, enclosure (shown), software, requisite serial communications and power cable, and a manual.

The Windows® software provided communicates with 3DM over a serial port. The software gives the user complete control over how data is processed, presented, and logged. The output may be programmed to provide raw magnetic field and accelerometer outputs, or processed pitch, roll, and yaw outputs. User programmed digital filters are used to process sensor data either statically or dynamically, depending on the change in 3DM movement over time.

3DM runs off of a single supply positive voltage ranging from 5.3 to 12 volts DC. 3DM's can be used alone or combined in networked arrays.

 Applications

Marine, Automotive
navigation, compassing

Military
laser direction finding, sonobuoy position, direction finding, UUV's, UAV's

Heavy Equipment
leveling, inclination & angulation control

Virtual Reality
head & body tracking

Communications
antenna positioning

Biomechanics
joint position feedback, controllers for neuro-muscular stimulators

Geomechanics, Oil Exploration
well drilling navigation