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The power requirements for even the most miniature RLGs is still pretty large relative to cell phone peripherals, and they are still physically pretty large. D
by jhayward 9y ago
The power requirements for even the most miniature RLGs is still pretty large relative to cell phone peripherals, and they are still physically pretty large. DARPA has had focus efforts in the MEMs arena for more than a decade now, including atomic clocks and optical systems but its not stuff you can put in a square mm of silicon and feed with a couple of microamps.
- jjoonathan 9y agoHuh, I'd have guessed the opposite: that a laser, optics, and a piezo vibrator would be easy to integrate, while a MEMS gyroscope would be much harder. I ask anyone who gives the slightest hint of familiarity with the field because I suspect that my surface-level understanding is just missing the juicy photonics challenge that's roadblocking integration. The alternative hypothesis of military heel-dragging (similar to the case of bolometers) is much less exciting, but verifying it would at least allow me to stop poking around :)