Trimble and InvenSense, a TDK group company, announced a collaboration to provide a navigation solution that integrates Trimble’s ProPoint Go engine and RTX correction service with TDK’s SmartAutomotive Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) from InvenSense. The combined offering is designed to support more accurate and consistent positioning and navigation in automotive and IoT applications.
The Trimble ProPoint Go positioning engine provides position and orientation data using globally available Trimble correction services. It supports quad-frequency GNSS signals and incorporates ASIL-C certified correction data to assist with automated driving applications where safety is a key consideration. The system is also suited for improving accuracy in IoT use cases such as field robotics.
TDK IMUs integrate a triaxal accelerometer and a triaxal gyroscope in a compact six-axis motion sensor to detect the linear acceleration and angular velocity of vehicles and objects with superior level of accuracy. With its proprietary six-axis and MEMS fabrication platform, TDK inertial sensors enhance applications possibilities thanks to their high-performance, small-size and low-power features.
Positioning solutions built for the connected world
Key benefits of the ProPoint Go positioning engine and RTX correction with TDK’s modules include:
- Accuracy: The synergy between the two solutions delivers superior positioning accuracy under all conditions: open sky, urban canyons and indoor, even in harsh environments and among wide temperature variations.
- Reliability: Customers can rely on consistent and dependable orientation and navigation data, crucial for applications such as autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial machinery.
- Versatility: The integrated solution is adaptable to a wide range of applications, such as automotive positioning, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X), field robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The TDK automotive safety IMU components, developed as SEooC according to ISO 26262, are suitable for applications with requirements up to ASIL-D. In addition to its six-axis solution, TDK provides quality-managed solutions that also include a three-axis magnetometer in a nine-axis solution.
Availability
Trimble’s ProPoint Go engine and RTX correction service and TDK’s IMUs module are available for testing with the Trimble Evaluation Kit. To learn more, visit positioningservices.trimble.com/en/automotive.
To learn more about Trimble’s precise positioning technology for automotive and IoT applications, visit positioningservices.trimble.com.
To learn more about the TDK 6-axis IMUs for automotive applications, visit invensense.tdk.com/smart automotive. For 9-axis, visit invensense.tdk.com/positionsense, and for industrial applications, visit invensense.tdk.com/smartindustrial.
For more information about Trimble, visit trimble.com.
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