Description

The LPMS-AL3 Motion Sensor is a miniature inertial measurement unit (IMU) and attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) housed in a small Aluminium Alloy housing. The housing is ideal for harsh environments, or where shocks or  may damage the standard ABS plastic housings of the LPMS-U3 version. The unit performs accurate, high speed orientation and displacement measurements with three different MEMS sensors. The LPMS-AL3 is equipment with a powerful central processing unit that will fuse raw data from a gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer to calculate results in real-time with low drift. All sensor parameters and data transmission options can be controlled by our LPMSControl2 software. For direct interfacing to Windows / Linux PC or Open Source drivers with support for OpenZen, C, C++, Python, C#, Unity and ROS.

Features

  • MEMS Miniature inertial measurement unit (IMU)
  • Integration of 3-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer in one unit
  • Option barometric pressure sensor
  • Real-time, on-device calculation of sensor orientation, linear acceleration and altitude
  • Data output rates of up to 500Hz
  • Barometric pressure sensor available on request
  • Variety of wired interfaces: CANBus, RS232, TTL and USB 2.0
  • Control Applications and SDK for Windows, Linux
  • Rugged Aluminium housing option with waterproof M12 connector

Applications

  • Manipulator Balance Control
  • Internet of Things (IoT) devices
  • Racing Car Status Monitoring
  • Driving Navigation
  • Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation
  • Robot Arm Control

Specifications

Model LPMS-CANAL3 LPMS-RS232AL3 LPMS-TTLAL3
Wired Interface CANBus and USB 2.0 RS232 and USB 2.0 TTL and USB
Communications Protocol CANOpen/Sequential CAN and LPBUS LP-BUS/ASCII
Orientation Range Roll: ±180°; Pitch ±90°; Yaw: ±180°
Orientation Resolution 0.01°
Accelerometer 3-Axis, ±2 / ±4 / ±8 / ±16g, 16 Bits
Gyroscope 3 axes, ±125, ±250, ±500, ±1000, ±2000 or ±4000 °/s, 16 bits
Magnetometer 3-Axis, ±2 / ±8 gauss, 16 Bits
Pressure Sensor 300-1100hPa
Data Output Format Raw & Calibrated Data, Euler Angle, Quaternion, Linear Acceleration
Data Output Rate 500Hz
Power Supply 5-18vDC (5V USB) 5-18vDC (5V USB) 5-18vDC
Power Consumption <135mW @ 5V <110mW @ 5V <90mW @ 5V)
Connector M12 8-Pin
Housing Aluminium Alloy, IP67 Waterproof
Dimensions 50 x 42 x 25mm
Weight 106.8g (±4g)
Temperature Range -20 to +80°C
Software LpmsControl2 interface software (Windows), Open source sensor driver for Windows and Linux (OpenZen, supports C, C++, Python, C#, Unity, ROS)

A DC-DC power converter is included on the product list below to allow for 24vDC powered systems to use the LPMS unit.