General description
The BMX055 is an integrated 9-axis sensor for the detection of movements and rotations and magnetic heading. It comprises the full functionality of a triaxial, low-g acceleration sensor, a triaxial angular rate sensor and a triaxial geomagnetic sensor.
The BMX055 senses orientation, tilt, motion, acceleration, rotation, shock, vibration and heading in cell phones, handhelds, computer peripherals, man-machine interfaces, virtual reality features and game controllers.
Advanced evaluation circuitry (ASIC) converts the outputs of the micro-electromechanical and geomagnetic sensing structures (MEMS), developed, produced and tested in BOSCH facilities. The programmable on-chip interrupt engine enables motion-based applications without use of a microcontroller by providing contextual status of accelerometer, gyroscope and geomagnetic sensor. The integrated FIFO memories allow buffering the inertial sensor data.
The corresponding chip-sets are integrated into one single 20-pin LGA 3.0mm x 4.5mm x 0.95 mm housing. For optimum system integration the BMX055 is equipped with digital bidirectional SPI and I2C interfaces. To provide maximum performance and reliability each device is tested and ready-to-use calibrated.

Typical applications
• Advanced gaming, HMI and augmented reality
• Advanced gesture recognition
• Indoor navigation
• Tilt measurement and compensation
• Free-fall detection and drop detection for warranty logging
• Display profile switching
• Advanced system power management for mobile applications
• Menu scrolling, tap / double tap sensing