Generation of user-defined input stimuli for virtual prototyping of MEMS sensors applications

Nowadays systems on board embed an ever-increasing number of MEMS sensors. MEMS sensors can be inertial sensors (e.g. accelerometer, gyroscope) or other (e.g. magnetometer). Sensors provide non-ideal responses with respect to the movement they undergo. MEMS sensors data processing algorithms cannot be developed through board-based prototyping since reference (golden) physical stimuli are not reproducible unless expensive robot equipment is available. A methodology for generating reproducible and tunable input stimuli for MEMS sensors has been conceived. A user-defined entry of the object trajectory is enabled by a graphical user interface tool intended to replace the environmental modeling for SystemC-based virtual prototyping of MEMS based applications.