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ADXL210E
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Low-Cost 10 gDual-Axis
Accelerometer with Duty Cycle
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
ANALOG
TO
DUTY
CYCLE
(ADC)
C
O
U
N
T
E
R
P
X
OUT
Y
OUT
DEMOD
DEMOD
R
FILT
32k
R
FILT
32k
ADXL210E
R
SET
T2
C
Y
Y
FILT
SELF-TEST
X
FILT
C
X
OSCILLATOR
COM
Y SENSOR
X SENSOR
3V TO 5.25V
V
DD
C
DC
T1
T2
A(
g
) = (T1/T2 – 0.5)/4%
0
g
= 50% DUTY CYCLE
T2 = R
SET
/125M
FEATURES
2-Axis Acceleration Sensor on a Single IC Chip
5 mm 5 mm 2 mm Ultrasmall Chip Scale Package
2 mg Resolution at 60 Hz
Low Power < 0.6 mA
Direct Interface to Low-Cost Microcontrollers via
Duty Cycle Output
BW Adjustment with a Single Capacitor
3 V to 5.25 V Single-Supply Operation
1000 g Shock Survival
APPLICATIONS
2-Axis Tilt Sensing with Faster Response than
Electrolytic, Mercury, or Thermal Sensors
Computer Peripherals
Information Appliances
Alarms and Motion Detectors
Disk Drives
Vehicle Security
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ADXL210E is a low-cost, low-power, complete 2-axis acceler-
ometer with a digital output, all on a single monolithic IC. It is an
improved version of the ADXL210AQC/JQC. The ADXL210E
will measure accelerations with a full-scale range of
±
10
g
. The
ADXL210E can measure both dynamic acceleration (e.g., vibra-
tion) and static acceleration (e.g., gravity).
The outputs are analog voltage or digital signals whose duty cycles
(ratio of pulsewidth to period) are proportional to acceleration.
The duty cycle outputs can be directly measured by a micro-
processor counter without an A/D converter or glue logic. The
duty cycle period is adjustable from 0.5 ms to 10 ms via a single
resistor (R
SET
).
The typical noise floor is 200
2 m
g
(at 60 Hz bandwidth) to be resolved.
The bandwidth of the accelerometer is set with capacitors C
X
and
C
Y
at the X
FILT
and Y
FILT
pins. An analog output can be recon-
structed by filtering the duty cycle output.
The ADXL210E is available in a 5 mm 5 mm 2 mm 8-lead
hermetic LCC package.
g
√
Hz
, allowing signals below