Accelerometers in phones – Which chip in my phone?

Many of the phone today, have accelerometer chips and they all seem to be sourced from a handful of manufacturers. Cell phone manufacturers also change their favorite chip and since each of them have slightly different characteristics, it is likely that they will give different results.


 Here is a list of Cell phone manufacturers, their models and their accelerometers chips.

 

Manufacturer Phone Accelerometer Chip
Samsung Galaxy S III LIS3DH
Samsung Galaxy S III LSM330DLC
Samsung Beam Bosch BMA220
Samsung Galaxy Nexus I515 Bosch BMA220
Samsung Galaxy Note STMicroelectronics LIS3DH
Nokia 808 Pureview STMicroelectronics LIS302DL
Pantech Element Tablet Bosch BMA220
Apple iPhone4S STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH
Apple iPhone5 STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH
Apple iPad4 STMicroelectronics A233 / 33DH
Apple iPad3 STMicroeletronics 33DH
Apple iPad2 STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH
Motorola Xoom tablet Kionix KXTF8
Motorola Razr STMicroeletronics LIS3DH
Motorola Droid 3 Kionix KXTF8
Lava Xolo Bosch C3H
Xiaomi Mi-2 Bosch C3H
RIM Blackberry Z10 STMElectronics
RIM Playbook Bosch Sensortec BMA150
Toshiba Thrive tablet Kionix KXTF8
Asus Eepad Kionix KXTF9

Interesting comparison’s here. For example Apple, Blackberry and Samsung have much in common with their accelerometer electronics.


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