TDK Corporation announced the availability of a new line of automotive high-accuracy devices from InvenSense, a TDK group company. IAM-20680: With operating range of -40°C to 85°C, the smallest 6-axis automotive-qualified sensor is the industry’s only device featuring 16-bit accelerometers and 16-bit gyroscopes in a series production car today. IAM-20680HP: High-performance version of the IAM-20680 with an operating range of -40°C to 105°C, highgyroscope and offset thermal stability, as well aspin, package, and register compatible with the IAM-20680. IAM-20380: With operating range of -40°C to 85°C, the only automotive-qualified gyroscope fully compatible (pin, package, register, and software) with a 3-axis automotive accelerometer (IAM-20381) and an automotive-qualified 6-axis device (IAM-20680). IAM-20381: With operating range of -40°C to 85°C, the only automotive-qualified 3-axis accelerometer fully compatible (pin, package, register, and software) with a 3-axis automotive gyroscope (IAM-20380) and an automotive-qualified 6-axis device (IAM-20680). TDK’s family of automotive solutions can help enhance the absolute position of a vehicle in GNSS- and GPS-denied environments, such as tunnels, parking garages, and urban canyons. A vehicle’s navigation system can use the output of the 6-axis automotive-qualified IAM-20680HP or of the IAM-20680 to improve estimate of the position, direction, and speed of a vehicle when the satellite signal is deteriorated or non-existent as well as to improve the quality of the position estimation when the satellite signal is strong. The product family measures up to 16g acceleration and up to 2000dps (degrees per second). The low noise helps the car navigate in a straight line while low sensitivity error keeps the car turning correctly. The solutions superior temperature stability also enables navigational driving through the most challenging environments. The extreme flexibility of the family of TDK automotive sensors allows customers to design with the IAM-20680; or, if navigating in very high temperature environments and for systems where cooling is weak or not available, the IAM-20680HP may be used. If cost efficiency is the most important consideration, the IAM-20380 or IAM-20381 is the suitable choice. TDK’s new family of automotive-qualified sensors can be interchanged without the need to redesign hardware or software. The IAM-20680 and IAM-20680HP are also designed into the new InvenSense Coursa Drive software solution, the world’s first inertial-aided positioning software solution for autonomous vehicle platform developers. Coursa Drive enhances inertial-only vehicle positioning to <0.2% of distance traveled, such levels are critical to maintaining decimeter lane-level vehicle positioning in challenging environments and delivers a cost-effective, vehicle-dead-reckoning accuracy software solution equivalent to high-end systems costing tens of thousands of dollars. Features: Automotive-qualified. Gyroscope full-scale: ±250°/s, ±500°/s, ±1000°/s, ±2000°/s. Accelerometer full-scale: ±2g, ±4g, ±8g, ±16g. Embedded temperature sensor. 16-bit output for accelerometer, gyroscope, and temperature sensor. SPI & I²C serial interface. 512-bit FIFO. 16-pin LGA package (3mm x 3mm x 0.75mm). Extended temperature range: IAM-20680HP: -40°C to 105°C, IAM-20680, IAM-20380, IAM-20381: -40°C to 85°C.