Overview

The MPU-6500 is the company’s second generation 6-axis MotionTracking device
for smartphones, tablets, wearable sensors , and other consumer markets. The
MPU-6500, delivered in a 3x3x0.9mm QFN package, is the world’s smallest 6-axis
MotionTracking device and incorporates the latest InvenSense design innovations
for MEMS gyroscopes and accelerometers, enabling dramatically reduced chip size
and power consumption, while at the same time improving performance and cost.
The new MPU-6500 addresses the market requirements for high performance
applications such as pedestrian navigation, context-aware advertising, and other
location-based services, along with supporting the specifications for emerging
wearable sensor applications such as remote health monitoring, sports and
fitness tracking, and other consumer applications. The MPU-6500 MotionTracking
device sets a new benchmark for 6-axis performance with nearly 60% lower power,
a 45% smaller package, industry-leading consumer gyroscope performance, and
major improvements in accelerometer noise, bias, and sensitivity.

The single-chip MPU-6500 integrates a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis
gyroscope, and an onboard Digital Motion Processor™ (DMP) in a small 3x3x0.9mm
QFN package. The new 6-axis device is the world’s first motion sensor to operate
at 1.8 volts and consumes only 6.1mW of power in full operating mode; it
incorporates breakthrough gyroscope performance of only ±5dps zero-rate-output
and 0.01dps/√Hz of noise; and delivers dramatically improved accelerometer
specifications including a typical offset of only ±60mg, 250µg/√Hz of noise, and
only 18µA of current in low-power mode.

The MPU-6500 software drivers are fully compliant with Google’s latest
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release, and support new low-power DMP capabilities that
offload the host processor to reduce power consumption and simplify application
development. The MPU-6500 includes MotionFusion and run-time calibration
firmware enables consumer electronics manufacturers to commercialize cost
effective motion-based functionality.

MPU-6500 System Diagram