EMCORE Introduces EN-150 with Gyro-Based Inertial Measurement

Emcore Corporation (NASDAQ:EMKR), a leading provider of advanced Mixed-Signal Optics products announced the introduction of its new En-150 Inertial Measurement/Navigation Unit for unmanned aerial vehicles and other places where GPS is unavailable.

As quoted in the press release:

“The EN-150 is the smallest FOG-based IMU available and is a functional replacement for legacy products, offering significantly better performance at a much smaller size,” said David Faulkner, EMCORE’s Vice President and General Manager of Aerospace & Defense. “This latest addition to our navigation systems product line leverages the technology designed into our EN-300 to deliver the advantages of a FOG IMU at lower cost than RLG units, and at a size previously only achieved with MEMs based sensors.”

The EN-150 Inertial Measurement/Navigation Unit expands on EMCORE’s IMU product line that also includes the EN-300. Measuring a mere 2.6” in diameter by 2.24” tall with only 11 cubic inches total volume, the EN-150 is a three-axis, closed-loop FOG design that is one-third the volume and size of the competing units. It features the EMCORE’s proprietary, solid-state FOG transceiver with next-generation, integrated Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) electronics to deliver up to twice the performance of legacy IMUs with increased reliability and lower cost.

Dr. K.K. Wong, Senior Director of Fiber Optic Gyro Products for EMCORE, added, “Our new EN-150 provides our customers the flexibility of choosing navigation options that best fit their application, or to simply replace their older technology RLG IMU with a higher performance, smaller size product. The unit’s digital interface is fully programmable within EMCORE’s factory allowing it to directly replace lower performing units without the expense of changing the customer’s interface.”

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