Mobile devices hardware characteristics

1. MOBILE DEVICES
HARDWARE
CHARACTERISTICS
HÉCTOR MOLAR GAMBOA
JOSUE ALAN MOLINA ARELLANO

2. SENSORS
TEMPERATURE
• An infrared (IR) temperature measurement system consists of sensor module and
electronics as well as an optomechanical system that guides IR radiation onto the
sensor.

3. ALTITUDE
• Using the simply-titled Barometer app on Android, we calibrate the needle to zero so
we know how it moves over time. In addition to being able to predict the weather, you can
check your current altitude. ... If you don't change altitudes, the barometric reading will remain
accurate.

4. MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR
• A system called Pulse uses the magnetic field sensor,
or magnetometer, for the compass app in iPhones and Android phones, to
receive messages in the form of a varying magnetic field produced by a nearby
electromagnet.

5. GPS
• Ah, GPS—Global Positioning System technology—where would we be without
you? Probably in a remote, muddy field, cursing the day we ditched our paper
maps for the electronic equivalents.

6. ACCELEROMETER
• Accelerometers handle axis-based motion sensing and can be found in fitness trackers as well as
phones—they’re the reason why your smartphone can track your steps even if you haven’t
bought a separate wearable.

7. RADIO
• RadioMobile is a free software for calculating long distance radio links on uneven terrain. For
this, it uses geographical profiles combined with the information of the equipment (power,
receiver sensitivity, antenna characteristics, losses, etc.)

8. WIRELESS DATA NETWORK
4G
• A 4G system must provide capabilities defined by ITU in IMT Advanced. Potential
and current applications include amended mobile web access, IP telephony,
gaming services, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing, and 3D
television.

9. 5G
• 5G is the 5th generation mobile network. ... 5G wireless technology is meant to
deliver higher multi-Gbps peak data speeds, ultra low latency, more reliability,
massive network capacity, increased availability, and a more uniform user
experience to more users.

10. WI-FI
• WiFi phone is a telecom device that's equipped with the capability to connect to
the Internet through a WiFi network. When using these devices, you are able to
make phone calls, receive/send messages through a WiFi connection.

11. BLUETOOTH
• Bluetooth is an industry specification for Wireless Personal Area Networks
(WPAN) created by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Inc. that enables the
transmission of voice and data between different devices using a radio frequency
link in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.

12. USB PORT
• A standard type of USB connector, often found on phones and other mobile
devices, for connecting those devices to chargers, computers, TVs, cars, and more.
A single micro-USB port can support many types of connections depending on
the phone settings and the device at the other end of the cable.

13. MOTHERBOARD
• Motherboard, logic board, or main bored, no matter you call it, it's all the same
thing. It sounds like an alien spaceship but it's actually the part of your phone that
contains all of the most fundamental components, including memory and central
processing.

14. STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
• It is important to note that the type of storage that comes stock in most Android
mobile devices is solid state drives. These are, essentially, flash memory drives
that store all of your data locally. Unlike other types of hard drives, these solid-
state drives have no moving parts whatsoever.

15. SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
• There are many display types used in smartphones: LCD, OLED, AMOLED, Super
AMOLED, TFT, IPS and a few others that are less frequently found on smartphones
nowadays, like TFT-LCD. One of the most frequently found on mid-to-high
range phones now is IPS-LCD.