BMC056 is a low power and low noise 6-axis digital

compass. It measures the earth’s geomagnetic ield

as well as dynamic and static acceleration in all three

dimensions and outputs tilt-compensated heading

or orientation information. BMC056 is housed in a

package with a footprint of 3 x 3 mm² and 0.95 mm

height. The integrated accelerometer provides all

functionalities of Bosch Sensortec’s leading-edge

12bit digital accelerometer, including a 32 frame

FIFO bufer for storing acceleration data.

Due to its advanced power management, BMC056 is

ideally suited for virtual reality and navigation applications, motion tracking, shock and vibration detection in handhelds like mobile phones, tablet PCs,

notebooks, portable media players, man-machine

interfaces and game controllers.

BMC056 target applications

f Augmented reality applications and locationbased services

f Indoor and outdoor navigation, e.g. map rotation

or step counting (pedometry)

f Motion tracking

f Gesture recognition e.g. tap and double tap

sensing, Display proile switching

f Gaming

f Air mouse applications, pointing devices

Sensor features

The eCompass comprises a 3-axis geomagnetic

sensor based on Bosch’s proprietary FlipCore™

technology and a 3-axis 12 bit accelerometer. The

accelerometer provides the device orientation for tilt

compensated heading output. At the same time it

features all functions of a state-of-the art standalone

accelerometer. Like its predecessor BMC050, Bosch

Sensortec’s BMC056 comes in a 3 x 3 x 0.95 mm³

16-pin LGA package.