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Gladiator Technologies
Announces New One Cubic Inch LandMark™ 21 IMU and Vertical Gyro
ARW Noise is Low as 0.01°/sec/√Hz and In-Run Bias of 15°/hour in Robust and Ultra Small Package |
December 2, 2010 – Gladiator Technologies announced today production release of their smallest IMU, the one cubic inch LandMark™ 21 IMU. This ultra small inertial measurement unit is also available as a Vertical Gyro (VG). The new IMU builds upon the successful heritage of the company's low noise "LN Series" IMU product families, including the economy-class LandMark™ 10, the mid-performance LandMark™ 20 and the high performance tactical grade LandMark™30 product families. The gyro performance of the ultra small LandMark™ 21 equals that of the mid-performance LandMark™ 20 IMU, yet offers a size reduction 4 times less as well as 2 times lower weight. Like all of the LandMark™ IMU's, it shares a common IMU messaging protocol for a "common cockpit" approach enabling users the option to choose the IMU performance and price that best suits their application and market without having to rewrite any IMU interface software. At just one cubic inch in size and a weight of 55 grams, the LandMark™ 21 features Finite Element Analysis (FEA) designed internal vibration isolation and robust environmental sealing for EMI protection as well as data rates up to 500Hz enabling exceptional performance for a variety of size and weight constrained applications. The LandMark™ 21 IMU has many advanced performance features including: |
- Very Low Noise MEMS IMU One Inch Cube
- Vertical Gyro Option Available
- Low Gyro Noise 0.01°/sec/√Hz (75°/sec)
- Low Accel Noise 0.07mg/√Hz (2g)
- In-Run Gyro Bias 15°/hour 1 σ
- Rugged Environmentally Sealed Packaging
- Fully Temperature Compensated Bias and Scale Factor
- Compensated Misalignment 1mrad and g-Sensitivity <0.02°/sec/g typical
- External Sync Input (1kHz or 1pps)
- Low Power <430 mW Typical
- Low Voltage +3.3V (single sided power)
- Light Weight 55 grams
- Small Size < 16.4cm3/1.0in3
- Wide Sensor Bandwidth 500 Hz
- Bandwidth Filtering Capability
- RS485 Data Rate 500 Hz (user selectable)
- Internal Vibration Isolation
- Precision Alignment
- Internal Temperature Sensors
- High MTBF
- Export U.S. Commerce ECCN7A994
- Link to datasheet and sample test data
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Ultra Small LandMark™ 21 IMU and VG |
Gladiator Technologies' popular "LN Series" (Low Noise) inertial technology features a family of low noise gyros, accelerometers and inertial system products that are available in various performance ranges. The "LN Series" ARW gyro noise on the LandMark™ 21 is available as low as 0.01°/sec/√Hz with bandwidth of 500Hz.
Gladiator's CEO, Mark Chamberlain, commented, "Gladiator offers one of the broadest high performance MEMS inertial product lines in the world. The new one cubic inch LandMark™ 21 complements our other popular LandMark™product families while offering substantive size and weight reductions. The feature-rich LandMark™21 also offers users high sensor bandwidth, fast data rates and low power consumption in a robust package, which make the unit ideal for a variety of applications with harsh environments. These applications include commercial automotive and motorcycle testing, motorsports racing, commercial aircraft, marine as well as demanding platform and image stabilization."
Chamberlain added, "Our intensive IR&D efforts continue at a rapid pace and our world class engineering group is developing several new CANBUS and analog IMU's for automotive and other applications for introduction to the market next year. In addition, we have made steady improvements in our new INS/GPS systems and will begin shipping the latest versions of both the LandMark™ 20 and LandMark™ 30 INS/GPS systems next month."
Gladiator uses state-of-the-art design tools and manufacturing processes including fully automated environmental and temperature testing and proprietary calibration methods for environmental performance optimization. A comprehensive ERP system, powered by Oracle™, combined with lean manufacturing and six sigma techniques has enabled high volume production at low cost and high quality. Gladiator's quality system is certified to AS9100B/ISO9001:2000.
For more information please contact Gladiator Technologies directly at sales@gladiatortechnologies.com or view datasheets and representative test data for our products on our website. You can also contact one of our
knowledgeable local U.S.
Sales Representatives or one of our many International Sales Representative partners located throughout Europe, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Middle East, South
America or Africa for a data
sheet or more detailed
technical information.
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| Gladiator
Technologies is a leading MEMS inertial sensors, inertial systems and integrated GPS systems designer and manufacturer specializing in high performance products featuring low noise, high bandwidth, low power, light weight and small size for demanding environmental applications. Gladiator's team
includes more than 100 years of combined MEMS and inertial
experience in multiple technologies and numerous commercial and
military applications, which has lead to more than 65 patents. The team also includes skilled technical sales representatives and distributors throughout the world. The company's products range from high performance MEMS
inertial gyros and accelerometers to integrated high performance MEMS IMU's, Vertical Gyros, AHRS and GPS enabled
inertial systems including VG/GPS, GPS/AHRS and INS/GPS. For more
information please contact Gladiator Technologies at www.gladiatortechnologies.com or via email at info@gladiatortechnologies.com. |
