ADXL346 Datasheet, PDF (1/32 Pages) Analog Devices – 3-Axis, ±2 g/±4 g/±8 g/±16 g Ultralow Power Digital Accelerometer

Preliminary Technical Data
3-Axis, ±2 g/±4 g/±8 g/±16 g
Ultralow Power Digital Accelerometer
ADXL346
FEATURES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Ultralow power: as low as 35 µA in measurement mode and
1 µA in standby mode at VS = 2.5 V (typical)
Power consumption scales automatically with bandwidth
User-selectable resolution
Fixed 10-bit resolution
Full resolution, where resolution increases with g range,
up to 13-bit resolution at ±16 g (maintaining 4 mg/LSB
scale factor in all g ranges)
Patent pending, embedded memory management system
with FIFO technology minimizes host processor load
Single tap/double tap detection
Activity/inactivity monitoring
Free-fall detection
Concurrent four- and six-position orientation detection
Supply and I/O voltage range: 1.7 V to 2.75 V
SPI (3- and 4-wire) and I²C digital interfaces
Flexible interrupt modes mappable to either interrupt pin
Measurement ranges selectable via serial command
Bandwidth selectable via serial command
Wide temperature range (−40°C to +85°C)
10,000 g shock survival
Pb free/RoHS compliant
Small and thin: 3 mm × 3 mm × 0.95 mm LGA package
APPLICATIONS
Handsets
Medical instrumentation
Gaming and pointing devices
Industrial instrumentation
Personal navigation devices
Hard disk drive (HDD) protection
The ADXL346 is a small, thin, ultralow power, 3-axis accelerometer
with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16 g. Digital
output data is formatted as 16-bit twos complement and is acces-
sible through either a SPI (3- or 4-wire) or I²C digital interface.
The ADXL346 is well suited for mobile device applications. It
measures the static acceleration of gravity in tilt-sensing appli-
cations, as well as dynamic acceleration resulting from motion
or shock. Its high resolution (4 mg/LSB) enables measurement
of inclination changes less than 1.0°.
Several special sensing functions are provided. Activity and
inactivity sensing detect the presence or lack of motion by
comparing the acceleration on any axis with user-set thresholds.
Tap sensing detects single and double taps in any direction. Free-
fall sensing detects if the device is falling. Orientation detection
is capable of concurrent four- and six-position sensing and a
user-selectable interrupt on orientation change for 2-D or 3-D
applications. These functions can be mapped individually to
either of two interrupt output pins. An integrated, patent pending
memory management system with 32-level first in, first out (FIFO)
buffer can be used to store data to minimize host processor activity
and lower overall system power consumption.
Low power modes enable intelligent motion-based power
management with threshold sensing and active acceleration
measurement at extremely low power dissipation.
The ADXL346 is supplied in a small, thin, 3 mm × 3 mm ×
0.95 mm, 16-lead, plastic package.
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
V_S V_{DD I/O}
ADXL346
POWER
MANAGEMENT
3-AXIS
SENSOR
SENSE
ELECTRONICS
ADC
DIGITAL
FILTER
CONTROL
AND
INTERRUPT
LOGIC
INT1
INT2
32 LEVEL
FIFO
SERIAL I/O
SDA/SDI/SDIO
SDO/ALT
ADDRESS
SCL/SCLK
GND
CS
Figure 1.
Rev. PrC
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