Product Description

The MicroStrain 3DM-CX7 is a high-performance, tactical-grade inertial sensor that combines MEMS inertial sensors with a magnetometer (AHRS only) and pressure sensor (AHRS only) for use in a wide range of applications. Common use cases include unmanned vehicle navigation, robotic control, platform stabilization, motion tracking and analysis, vehicle health monitoring, and device aiming.

The MicroStrain 3DM-CX7-INS is a tactical-grade Inertial Navigation System (INS) in a miniature package. The flexible EKF can accept external aiding measurements to maintain a robust navigation solution during GNSS outages and touts a feature set designed specifically for the timing requirements of the robotics and autonomous vehicle industries.

 

Key features

• High-rate GNSS input for improved low speed position accuracy
• NMEA input over GPIO simplifies external GNSS input using a single GPIO line

• An adaptive Estimation Filter (EKF) for sensor fusion
• INS with a flexible, adaptive EKF designed for demanding navigation applications
• 5 Reference Frame configurations for simplified external aiding sensor input
• Multiple external aiding measurements accepted for improved GNSS-denied performance

• Integrated magnetometer for accurate heading tracking (AHRS only)
• Fully temperature-compensated, tactical-grade IMU, mathematically-aligned to an orthogonal coordinate system

• PPS input/output and external clock synchronization for precision time alignment with external devices
• Event triggering system and low latency data

 

Internal sensors

• 3-axis accelerometer
• 3-axis gyroscope
• 3-axis magnetometer
• Pressure altimeter

 

Supported part numbers

Name	Part Number	Description
3DM-CX7-INS	6702-9960	Inertial Navigation System