MagVector™ MV2 Magnetometer
Embedded 3-Axis Hall MagnetometerAn instrument to measure magnetic flux density (B) or magnetic field intensity (H). More
The MagVector™ MV2 is the ideal solution if you need to integrate a sophisticated magnetometerAn instrument to measure magnetic flux density (B) or magnetic field intensity (H). More into your electronic system. A typical application would be a sensor array for a custom magnetic field-mapping system. The MV2 was developed by MPS Tech Switzerland Sàrl (formerly Sensima Technology SA) in cooperation with Metrolab. Metrolab uses the same sensor in several of its products, and is now making this technology available to electronic systems designers.
Note that, being an electronic peripheral componentThe magnetic field is a three-dimensional vector quantity, with three components. Magnetometers may measure 1, 2 or 3 components, or the vector magnitude. More, the MagVector™ MV2 includes none of the amenities of a traditional magnetometerAn instrument to measure magnetic flux density (B) or magnetic field intensity (H). More: the user must supply the micro-controller, controlAn NMR-controlled field is one whose strength is monitored by NMR. As opposed to NMR-regulated. More firmware, host interface, user interface, and, last but not least, calibrationDuring calibration, the instrument reading is compared to one or more references to verify its accuracy. The references themselves need... More. For complete 3-axis Hall magnetometers, please see the THM1176 / TFM1186 family of instruments.
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Small but powerful
Measuring only 3x3x0.9 mm, the MagVector™ MV2 is a powerful magnetometerAn instrument to measure magnetic flux density (B) or magnetic field intensity (H). More on a chip: three orthogonal Hall sensors measure (Bx,By,Bz); the “spinning current” technique minimises noise, offset and the Planar Hall EffectA popular magnetometer technology, using a semiconductor plate. One injects current on one axis of the plate and measures a... More; a built-in temperature sensor permits temperature compensationHall magnetometers are sensitive to temperature, so they may include a temperature sensor that allows the instrument to compensate the... More; a programmable-gain amplifier provides measurement ranges from 0.1 to 30 T; and built-in ADCs and SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) provide a digital interface in addition to an analog one.
High performance
The MV2 features a noise density of 300 nT/√Hz and an analog measurement bandwidth of 50 kHz. In digital mode, measurement rate can be traded off against ADC resolutionResolution measures the ability of a magnetometer to distinguish ("resolve") two nearly identical field values. Related to precision, but not to... More, ranging from 0.375 to 3 kHz, and from 14 to 16 bits, respectively. It supports a supply voltage of 3.3 or 5 V. The compact 3×3 mm QFN package is completely nonmagnetic, compatible with MRI environments. Please see the Data Sheet for details.
Analog and digital interfaces
A signal pin selects between the analog or digital interface. In analog mode, configuration options such as the measurement rangeThe range of a probe is defined by the minimum and maximum field strength it can measure. On an instrument,... More are selected using controlAn NMR-controlled field is one whose strength is monitored by NMR. As opposed to NMR-regulated. More signals, whereas in digital mode all configuration parameters are transferred via SPI and stored in internal registers. Additional controlAn NMR-controlled field is one whose strength is monitored by NMR. As opposed to NMR-regulated. More signals and register bits provide fine controlAn NMR-controlled field is one whose strength is monitored by NMR. As opposed to NMR-regulated. More over the measurement process, for example the timing of the analog/digital conversion. In digital mode, multiple MV2s can be connected to a single SPI bus.
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