MCube Sampling Efficient, Small-Form-Factor Accelerometer for Wearables

MEMS motion sensor company mCube is sampling the MC3635 three-axis accelerometer, a low-power device that fits in a 1.6 x 1.6-millimeter Land Grid Array package, said the company. Using the MC3635, developers can design a three-axis inertial solution using a single resistor in under one-tenth of a square centimeter on a printed circuit board, enabling a new generation of wearables requiring extended battery life and small form factors, said mCube. The MC3635 is built on the mCube’s 3D monolithic single-chip MEMS technology platform, which has shipped in more than 100 million mobile handsets, said the company. Samples are available to selected customers now, with general sampling slated for December, followed by volume production in Q1, it said.