If your use of RTK corrections is localized, then you can still gain the benefits of increased range and signal reliability offered by utilizing internet-based correction messages. Simply connect your base station to a computer with internet access and cast the correction messages from your base station directly to the VBOX NTRIP Modem.
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Racelogic, the company behind VBOX and LabSat GNSS simulators, has recently launched the VBOX Indoor Positioning System (VIPS) in response to customers’ developing demand to use GPS embedded technology in GPS-denied environments. VIPS delivers <2cm accuracy with an update rate of 100 times a second, making it ideal for dynamic applications, and this accuracy is maintained with seamless transition from GPS to VIPS with reacquisition in less than 0.2 seconds.
In line with Racelogic’s automotive heritage, VIPS was initially developed for the automotive testing market; however, this has been closely followed by expansion into virtual production motion capture in the film and gaming industry, autonomous robotics, construction, mining and logistics. In fact, this accurate and affordable indoor positioning solution is ideal for almost any application which would normally rely on GPS.
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The VBOX Touch from Racelogic is the first in a new generation of highly flexible, enhanced accuracy GNSS dataloggers. The powerful hardware can be used in many types of diverse automotive tests such as acceleration, braking, speed verification, tyre temperature monitoring, lap-timing and durability, according to the company.
The VBOX Touch comes preloaded with a sophisticated performance application that covers many common use cases. Other applications can be downloaded free of charge from the Racelogic online library. Racelogic can also write custom scripts based on customer requirements.
The VBOX Touch has a daylight readable colour touchscreen, 10-Hz GNSS engine, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, twin CAN ports, serial port, digital input and four multi-color LEDs.
Applications are written in Python script, offering greater flexibility as well as the potential for users to write code to solve their specific testing requirements. If you need a configurable, touchscreen display which can interact with two different CAN buses, log data, know the precise position and speed whilst giving clear feedback to drivers, then the VBOX Touch is for you.
A high-accuracy 2-cm RTK GPS version is available, which uses the latest dual-frequency GPS, GLONASS and Galileo signals to deliver accuracy even under difficult conditions. These new signals significantly increase the RTK resilience near trees and tall buildings, providing precise lap-timing, position triggers and trajectory maps in places where 2-cm GPS has typically not been available.
Founded in 1992, RACELOGIC are based in Buckingham, UK, and have supplied the Automotive industry with reliable and accurate GPS dataloggers for the last 18 years. In the development of the VBOX Touch we have worked closely with our end users to create a powerful tool to help them deliver results faster and more accurately on the test track or open road.
Racelogic’s Julian Thomas describes and demos the company’s VBOX indoor positioning system at ION GNSS+ 2018, which took place Sept. 24-28 in Miami. According to the company, the solution is designed to provide accurate position and velocity in the absence of GNSS signals.
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Racelogic demonstrated a new VBOX solution for accurate position and velocity in the absence of any GNSS signals, such as indoors, at the ION GNSS+ exhibition.
VBOX data acquisition systems are used for measuring the speed and position of a moving vehicle. Based on a range of high-performance GPS receivers, VBOX dataloggers can record high-accuracy GPS speed measurements, distance, acceleration, braking distance, heading, slip angle, lap times, position, cornering forces and more.
The new VBOX Indoor Positioning System consists of a network of fixed beacons communicating with a small receiver mounted on the roof of the vehicle, which is connected to an existing VBOX. The receiver computes its position 100 times a second to around 5 centimeters real-mean-squared (RMS) accuracy. The system can be used on its own or with an internal inertial measurement unit (IMU) to improve the velocity accuracy.
Racelogic engineers worked closely with its VBOX customers to develop a solution that allows the same test equipment and software that has traditionally been limited to outdoor use to be used anywhere that satellites coverage is limited or completely unavailable, such as in a parking garage.
The VBOX seamlessly switches between outdoors and indoors, allowing testing to continue whatever the environment and VBOX users to make use of their original hardware and software applications.
Racelogic will demonstrate the system at the ION GNSS+ exhibition at the Hyatt Regency in Miami, Sept. 26-27. Racelogic will also be showcasing its new, upgraded version of SatGen simulation software for the Labsat 3 Wideband simulator.