Need to make your device drain zero power when it is not used, but still keep it responsive to any movement, tapping or vibration? Analog Devices illustrates how their new ADXL362 3-axis accelerometer can be used as a power switch. While the main system remains switched off, only the accelerometer keeps draining the battery. With 300nA current consumption the ADXL362 is able to sample all three axis @ 6Hz and in case of movement occurring raise a GPIO.