
ICM-42686-P
The ICM-42686-P has an extended full-scale range (FSR) of ±4000dps for gyroscope and ±32g for accelerometer, to support precise motion analysis for today’s wearable and sports solutions, including game controllers, golf or tennis swing analyzers, intelligent soccer balls, or basketballs that track the player’s performance.
The ICM-42686-P is a 6-axis MEMS MotionTracking device that combines a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer. It has a configurable host interface that supports I3CSM, I2C and SPI serial communication, features a 2 kB FIFO and 2 programmable interrupts with ultra-low-power wake-on-motion support to minimize system power consumption.
ICM-42686-P supports highly accurate external clock input, that helps to reduce system level sensitivity error, improve orientation measurement from gyroscope data, reduce ODR sensitivity to temperature and device to device variation.
The device includes industry first 20-bits data format support in FIFO for high-data resolution. This FIFO format encapsulates 19-bits of gyroscope data and 18-bits of accelerometer data.
Other industry-leading features include InvenSense on-chip APEX Motion Processing engine for gesture recognition, activity classification, and pedometer, along with programmable digital filters, and an embedded temperature sensor
Available variants
Features
Pedometer, Tilt Detection, Tap Detection, Wake on Motion, Significant Motion Detection, Real Time Clock (RTC) input, 19/18 bit data format in FIFO for Gyro/Accel
Product Features and Benefits
- Gyroscope Noise: 5.3 mdps/√Hz & Accelerometer Noise: 70 μg/√Hz
- Low-Noise mode 6-axis current consumption of 0.70 mA
- User selectable Gyro Full-scale range (dps): ±31.2/62.5/125/250/500/1000/2000/4000
- User selectable Accelerometer Full-scale range (g): ±2/4/8/16/32
- User-programmable digital filters for gyro, accel, and temp sensor
- Noise and current consumption:
- APEX Motion Functions:
- Pedometer, Tilt Detection, Tap Detection
- Wake on Motion, Significant Motion Detection
- Host interface: 12.5 MHz I3C℠, 1 MHz I²C, 24 MHz SPI
Target market & applications
AR/VR/XR, Head-Mounted Displays, Robotics, Wearables, Sports, IoT
Key attribute
Wide-Range 6-Axis MotionTracking™ IMU
Product key details
Accel + Gyro![]() |
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| Package Size |
0.90 x 2.50 x 3.00 |

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