3DM
®
-GX5-10
User Manual
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Sensor Overview
The 3DM-GX5-10 is a high-performance, industrial-grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that utilizes
micro inertial sensors for use in a wide range of industrial-grade applications, such as platform stabilization
and vehicle health monitoring.
The 3DM-GX5-10 combines the strengths of an integrated multi-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, in
combination with temperature readings to provide highly accurate inertial measurements . All sensor
measurements are temperature- compensated and are mathematically aligned to an orthogonal
coordinate system. The combination of sensors and environmental compensation allows the 3DM-GX5-
10 to perform well in a wide variety of applications that require low noise, drift, gain, and offset errors.
The 3DM- GX5 - 10 communicates through a serial connection and is monitored by a host computer.
Sensor measurements and computed outputs can be viewed and recorded with the LORD Sensing
MIP Monitor software that is available as a free download from the LORD Sensing website. Alternatively,
users can write custom software with the LORD Sensing open source data communication protocol. The
data is time-aligned and available by either polling or continuous stream.
Figure 1 -3DM-GX5-10 Sensor
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