STMicroelectronics MEMS enables motion sensing in OpenMoko handsets

STMicroelectronics has announced that its LIS302DL 3-axis accelerometer is being used by Taiwan-based OpenMoko to provide motion-sensing functions in OpenMoko's Neo Freerunner Linux-based mobile open platform.

OpenMoko is a project dedicated to delivering handsets with an open source software stack. The company is currently selling the Neo FreeRunner handset to advanced users and application developers.

The Neo Freerunner is a GSM tri-band handset with a VGA touch screen, 2D/3D graphics acceleration, 256 MBs of NAND flash memory, Wi-Fi, AGPS, and Bluetooth 2.0, as well as 3-axis motion sensing. The OpenMoko GNU/Linux-based software stack is 100% FOSS (free open source software), supported by GNU/Linux development tools.