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Unmanned Systems 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif.---Epson Electronics America (EEA) has developed two new products for its inertial measurement unit (IMU) lineup. The new products, the M-G352 and M-G362, will be demonstrated for the first-time publicly at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2013, the world's largest international exposition of unmanned systems to be held from August 12th - 15th in Washington, DC, USA.

The M-G352 IMU incorporates a wider gyroscope and accelerometer dynamic range - servicing applications with higher dynamics and greater vibration and shock. Offering a fully-calibrated and temperature-compensated measurement range of ±450 deg/s for the gyroscopic sensors and ±6g for the accelerometers, the M-G352 is suitable for industrial and unmanned applications where high stability is required despite challenging environmental conditions, such as unmanned vehicle guidance, navigation and control.

The M-G362 IMU achieves 3 deg/hr gyro bias instability, approaching the performance of Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) and Ring Laser Gyro (RLG) IMUs at a much smaller size and cost. Offering a fully-calibrated and temperature-compensated measurement range of ±150 deg/s for the gyroscopic sensors and ±3g for the accelerometers, the M-G362 is suitable for industrial and unmanned applications where very high stability is required for extended periods of time, such as high-accuracy gimbaled camera and antenna system stabilization.

The new models are equipped with additional new features, including a higher output data rate (2,000 samples per second, max.), an external trigger input, and counter reset function, making it easy to synchronize measurements with other sensors or with a GPS module in a user's system.

Released just over two years ago, Epson's current IMU, the M-G350, established a new benchmark for accuracy, stability and power consumption in a small, lightweight package, primarily serving the commercial and industrial markets in applications such as vibration monitoring and motion tracking. Together, the new M-G352 and M-G362 IMUs extend the reach of Epson's IMU product line, offering customers a variety of solutions tailored to their specific applications.

"The M-G352 and M-G362 IMUs were designed specifically for customers with applications requiring extremely high sensitivity and accuracy," says Bob Porooshani, General Manager for Epson Electronics America. "These new IMUs offer high bias stability and low angle random walk, making them particularly attractive to the antenna pointing and gimbaled camera stabilization industries, plus the newly-added advanced software features like external trigger synchronization allow customers to easily integrate external aiding sources like GPS and magnetometers."

Upcoming Trade Shows

Epson will exhibit and demonstrate its latest IMUs at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2013, the world's largest unmanned systems and robots symposium and exhibition.

Date and place: August 12-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Epson booth number: 3736
Please see the link below for further details about the exhibition.
http://www.auvsishow.org/auvsi13/public/enter.aspx

Related links

Please see the link below for further details about these products. http://www5.epsondevice.com/ja/sensing_system/product/imu/

About Epson

Epson is a global innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and printing systems, 3LCD projectors and industrial robots to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 68,000 employees in 96 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates.
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About Epson Electronics America, Inc.

Epson Electronics America, Inc. (EEA), is a subsidiary of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation (SEC) and is responsible for sales, marketing and engineering of the product lines of SEC's Microelectronics Device Division in the America's. EEA provides a wide array of timing and frequency control products, integrated circuits, sensing device and system solutions for customer products and applications that require high levels of accuracy, reliability, stability, energy efficiency and compact design. Based in San Jose, California, the EEA Group has three regional offices, more than 40 sales offices in the U.S., and a growing network of exclusive distributors.

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