Industry's first MEMS vibration analysis system in compact 15mm3 package

NORWOOD, USA: Analog Devices Inc. (ADI( is helping industrial equipment designers improve system performance and maintenance costs through vibration detection/isolation/correction.

With the announcement of the new ADIS16227 iSensor vibration monitor, equipment designers have a fully integrated vibration analysis solution capable of autonomous operation. This enables the earliest detection, identification, and isolation of possible vibration sources from equipment and bearing wear that can lead to less precise operation or equipment downtime.

By embedding these small vibration monitors, applications ranging from wind turbines to precision factory automation and assembly equipment will benefit from automatic vibration profiling.

MEMS accelerometers are well suited for vibration monitoring, but are typically at a low level of integration. With decades of integrated sensor processing experience, Analog Devices transformed a MEMS accelerometer into a 3-axis vibration analyzer with programmable embedded processing. The ADIS16227 iSensor vibration monitor eliminates the complexity and risk of developing with multiple components and enables a much wider application base.

“For the first time, industrial equipment designers have an easy-to-use, affordable and complete sugar-cube sized vibration analyzer,” said Bob Scannell, iSensor business development manager, MEMS/Sensors Group, Analog Devices. “With the ADIS16227, developers have access to proven 4th-generation vibration sensing capability with frequency domain processing programmability and tuning that greatly improves the ability to isolate the vibration source quickly.”