Rohm Co., Ltd.

Kionix, Inc.

Brian Thomas Samuelson

Yo Yamashiro

Richard A Deken

Richard Alan Deken

Accelerometers are described herein that have RMS outputs. For instance, an example accelerometer may include a MEMS device and an ASIC. The MEMS device includes a structure having an attribute that changes in response to acceleration of an object. The ASIC determines acceleration of the object based at least in part on changes in the attribute. The ASIC includes analog circuitry, an ADC, and firmware. The analog circuitry measures the changes in the attribute and generates analog signals that represent the changes. The ADC converts the analog signals to digital signals. The firmware includes RMS firmware. The RMS firmware performs an RMS calculation on a representation of the digital signals to provide an RMS value that represents an amount of the acceleration of the object.

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