https://www.baldengineer.com/tag/memsRecent content in MEMS on Bald EngineerHugoen-USTue, 07 Apr 2015 01:10:08 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/inside-the-iphone-4-gyroscope.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 15:10:58 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=166One of the major feature updates for the iPhone 4 included a gyroscope. There are two applications that a gyroscope can be used for: keeping an object in balance and providing precise positioning data. Obviously, the intended application in an iPhone is improved positioning and control of software objects. One of the questions I had about the iPhone 4 was whether there was something (very tiny) spinning inside of the iPhone or if the device was solid state. Until now, I had no idea that solid state gyroscopes existed. Engineers at iFixIt, with help from Chipworks’s Electron Microscope, have done a teardown of the iPhone 4’s MEMS based Gyroscope.