Electronic – Meaning of “per digit” for a sensor reading

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I'm using an LSM9DS0 IMU and looking at the data sheet here: www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/lsm9ds0.pdf.

In table 3 p13, it lists the sensitivities of the 3 main measurements in:

  • mg/LSB "milli gees per least significant bit"
  • mgauss/LSB "milli gauss per least significant bit"
  • mdps/digit "milli degrees per second per digit"

What does "per digit" mean?

There are good answers already about the meaning of "per least significant bit."

Looking at other places where this component is used is seems to mean nothing different from "per LSB". I.e., "per count of the encoder" But why is it spelled differently?

Best Answer

The g means the acceleration of gravity, 9.8 m/s^2. You can set 5 ranges. The highest range is the least sensitive at 0.732*9.8 m/s^2 for each LSB. There are 4 ranges of magnetic measurement. You pick the one you want, plus or minus 2,4,8, or 12 Gauss. Once you pick the range, the sensitivity tells you how magnetic flux density it take to increase the count by one. For the 12 Gauss range it takes .48mGauss to change the output by one. There are three ranges of angular measurement. The highest is 2000 degrees/second. When set to this range it takes 0.070 degrees per second to change the output by 1 count.