Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, has approved GPS Networking as a supplier on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Program.
After going through rigorous qualification testing and thorough vetting, GPS Networking was approved to supply GPS Networking products for the JLTV. During the contract, which includes both Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full Rate Production (FRP), Oshkosh expects to deliver approximately 17,000 vehicles and sustainment services.
The JLTV Program is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) response to unconventional threats such as IEDs and other explosives, pointing to a need for lightweight, protected vehicles.
The Oshkosh JLTV solution uses parts and services of more than 350 suppliers in more than 30 states.
GPS Networking, based in Colorado, supplies products for GPS signal distribution and acquisition. It has been a major supplier for cellular infrastructure, worldwide military applications and all facets of public safety, including but not limited to signal acquisition. GPS Networking is Certified ISO 9001:2008 and is currently preparing for ISO 9001:2015. Its products are available with military certification to Military Standard 810F, EMI certified and have CE approval.
Jackson Labs Technologies Inc., a designer and manufacturer of GNSS, timing and frequency equipment, is releasing several new products with full support for the new and emerging Galileo satellite navigation system, as well as a free software retrofit to existing products that adds Galileo functionality.
Jackson Labs’ low-phase-noise Rubidium GNSS disciplined oscillators (GNSDO).
The European Galileo satellite navigation system has now become a reality with recent launches and commissioning of Galileo satellites. Three to four Galileo satellites can now typically be tracked on average in the continental U.S., and additional space vehicle launches are planned for later this year and next year that will significantly improve Galileo availability.
Jackson Labs has upgraded its Mini-JLT GPSDO with an eighth-generation GNSS NEO-M8T timing receiver from u-blox that allows receiving Galileo signals as well as concurrent GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and QZSS signals.
Users can choose to operate a single GNSS system, or multiple concurrent GNSS systems for redundancy. Concurrent operation aids performance by allowing reception of up to 72 GNSS satellites in challenged reception areas such as in urban canyons, under foliage, indoors, or close to the Earth’s poles.
“A new era of global navigation system performance has arrived with the advent of enough usable Galileo space vehicles that are now allowing first positioning and timing operations,” said Jackson Labs President Said Jackson. “Galileo promises new technology and performance levels over the many decades-old GPS and GLONASS systems, and we are excited to lead the way with our new Galileo product line.”
The Galileo GNSS promises significant improvements in timing and frequency performance due to improved on-board hydrogen maser atomic references (Cesium and Rubidium references are used in GPS and GLONASS satellites) and other system improvements.
In stationary timing mode, the new Galileo-capable GNSS disciplined oscillator (GNSDO) products will operate with as little as one single satellite in-view, and can use additional satellites to improve timing stability and accuracy via an over-determined timing solution for oscillator disciplining. Indoor tracking is possible with a GNSS performance of down to -167 dBm.
These new Galileo GNSDO’s provide 1 PPS timing, position and navigation (PNT) data, as well as highly stable and accurate 10-MHz reference outputs. The M12M replacement receiver also provides a user-adjustable timing/frequency output with 1 Hz to > 10 MHz adjustment range, while the low-noise rubidium GNSDO can provide a typical holdover performance of up to, and better than 500 nanoseconds over 24 hours.
Besides introducing the new Mini-JLT GNSS module, JLT also makes available concurrent Galileo reception via a free software update to existing customers of the JLT M12M replacement receiver, and the low-noise Rubidium product line.
Eos Positioning Systems has announced that its Arrow series of GNSS receivers is compatible with Esri’s Collector for ArcGIS running on iPads and iPhones. The Arrow receivers have been tested and certified as high-accuracy GNSS receivers compatible with Collector 10.4.0 for iOS.
The full range of Arrow GNSS receivers from sub-meter to decimeter to centimeter RTK accuracy all work flawlessly with Collector for ArcGIS running on all iPhones and iPads running iOS 8.x or later, according to the company. GNSS metadata — including estimated accuracy, correction status, correction age and number of satellites used — is displayed in real-time in Collector, so the user can monitor data quality in the field.
“We worked closely with Esri during their development of Collector to ensure the best high-accuracy GNSS user experience with the Arrow GNSS series receivers, and I think we’ve achieved that,” said Eos CTO Jean-Yves Lauture. “Whether it’s our Arrow Lite, Arrow 100 or Arrow 200 receiver, they all work smoothly with Collector for iOS for sub-meter, sub-foot, decimeter and centimeter accuracy.”
Eos Tools Pro.
As a companion software to Collector, Eos offers a free iOS app called Eos Tools Pro that allows the user to connect to an RTK network and to set alarms for estimated accuracy, HDOP, correction age and others. If a threshold is exceeded (such as estimated accuracy greater than 10 centimeters), an alarm sounds on the iPhone or iPad to alert the user.
“We have tested Arrow receivers and confirmed that Collector for ArcGIS (iOS) is completely compatible with the Arrow GNSS series receivers,” said Esri Product Manager Jeff Shaner. “The tight integration between Collector and Arrow GNSS receivers really enhances the high-accuracy user experience, and during our recent beta program, customers like Le-Ax Water District have shared their success using Collector and the Arrow receivers.”
Collector for ArcGIS (iOS) is a geographic information systems (GIS) data collection program that runs on iPhone and iPads. It records data directly, in real time to ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Server at sub-meter, decimeter and centimeter accuracies when using the Arrow GNSS receivers. No post-processing or other specialty software is required.
Collector 10.4.0 can be configured to automatically transform between horizontal datums on-the-fly, so no matter which datum the user’s GNSS data is referenced to, it can be configured to be compatible with the user’s geodatabase, and Esri provides scripts for transforming between vertical datums when back in the office.
Eos GNSS Tools and Arrow receivers are targeted at high-accuracy applications such as GIS; environmental monitoring; agriculture; electric, gas, water utilities; surveying; machine control; and federal, state and local government.
Decawave, which specializes in precise location and connectivity applications, has reached a milestone for its micro-location, impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) technology, surpassing one million Decawave chips shipped.
The chip’s popularity reflects the increasing demand for accurate micro-location solutions from end users and customers within Internet of Things (IoT), consumer and industrial markets. According to the company, Decawave has a target to reach five million units shipped in the course of 2017.
Decawave offers IR-UWB wireless technology for precise location and connectivity applications that can identify the specific location of any object or person within a guaranteed indoor location accuracy of 10 centimeters.
IR-UWB is becoming a key factor in the IoT market and is impacting how developers are taking devices and smart applications to the next level of context awareness, Decawave said in a press release.
The increase in demand for accurate location-based applications is evident across sectors including consumer markets such as connected homes, phone accessories, drones and sports analytics; industrial with connected buildings, factory automation and healthcare.
Decawave technology also will be embedded in cars in 2017.
The industrial market has been the first market to leverage Decawave’s technology and several Decawave customer solutions are already in the field. Decawave has 15 industrial partners that can deliver software, hardware or turn-key systems to end customers.
“The market for next-generation indoor location technologies with improved accuracy is beginning to advance with solid use cases and adoption. UWB is clearly carving out its space, with ABI Research forecasting strong growth across a range of verticals,” said Patrick Connolly, Principal analyst at ABI Research. “The market opportunity is quite large and companies like Decawave that are leading the charge in UWB are well positioned to experience continued growth.”
Consumer products. The consumer products — some of which were presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January — are starting to ship now. For instance, Pixie tags allow customers to accurately locate, protect and organize their valuables.
Also at CES, Decawave highlighted ShotTracker, developed with sporting-goods company Spalding, for multi-player basketball tracking. The chip was also featured in Jaguar’s connected car demonstration.
ShotTracker captures every basketball player’s statistic for multiple players in real time.
In the consumer segment, there will also be opportunities in access control, remote controls, connected light, home robot and trusted-zones applications that leverage IR-UWB accuracy, reliability and immunity to relay attack schemes to grant or deny access to wireless-networks and connected devices.
“Two years after launching the technology, Decawave continues to gain traction with 1,800 customers across 68 countries using Decawave’s IR-UWB and an extra 70 to 80 new customers each month,” said Ciaran Connell, CEO of Decawave. “This is phenomenal and shows our commitment as well as market interest and future demand. We’re thrilled that UWB is finally seeing market momentum. We know its potential and now our customers are experiencing it as well.”
Decawave’s partner Quantitec showed its RTLS indoor positioning at Nokia’s booth at Mobile World Congress and at the Bosch Connected World where it was featured in the company’s advanced localization technology, as a key element of a Track and Trace solution.
ComNav Technologies has released its new generation Quantum algorithm to international market. The Quantum algorithm can be easily achieved through a firmware upgrade (version 2.5.2 and above), and suits all ComNav OEM boards and OEM-based receivers.
An upgrade to ComNav’s Quan algorithm, the Quantum algorithm dramatically improves the stability and reliability of RTK positioning in complex environments, as well as providing a DP-filter enhancement for the ComNav GNSS products.
Single-point positioning: version 2.30 (left) compared to the new version 2.5.2.
Applications such agricultural guidance and fleet management, where pass-to-pass accuracy is important, will benefit from the advanced smoothing filter in standalone mode. The company’s testing shows smoother and consistent performance, reaching 20-cm pass-to-pass accuracy.
Moreover, the Quantum algorithm provides better CORS compatibility, which means that users can acquire and keep high-accurate solutions even if the CORS network exhibits a poor geometry distribution.
Harxon has released a 900-megahertz modem designed for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) customers.
The HX-DU1018D is a miniature high-performance OEM 900-megahertz multi-frequency modem with advanced data-processing architecture, which can offer customer selectable ISM 900-megahertz or licensed 400-megahertz modes in the same module.
The HX-DU1018 features an extremely small footprint for tight integration and design flexibility.
The modem supports a transmission rate of 200 kilobits per second over narrow channel bands using digital signal processing technology. It comes with a development kit, which the company says makes it easy to install and operate.
Key applications
Automatic vehicle location.
Traffic monitoring and control.
Differential GPS navigation.
Water and wastewater management.
Irrigation control.
Oil and gas field monitoring.
Security system management.
UAV market.
Features
Supports 400 megahertz or 900 megahertz bands.
Transmission rate: 200 kilobits per second.
Point to point, point to multipoint.
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum.
Low cost, high performance and high reliability.
Longer transmission distance over 50 kilometers in open air.
Adjustable transmit power 100 milliwatts to 1 watt.
High interference rejection.
Industrial temperature: negative 50 degrees Celsius to 80 degrees.
Rohde & Schwarz’s FSW85 high-end signal and spectrum analyzer, including an analysis option for FMCW chirp signals, is suitable for testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). It analyzes automotive radar sensors designed for designated frequency bands around 24 gigahertz and 79 gigahertz.
It can cover the frequency range from 2 gigahertz to 85 gigahertz in a single sweep. Its optional analysis bandwidth of up to 2 gigahertz makes it possible to demodulate and thoroughly analyze even extremely broadband signals.
R&S also offers an eCall test system consisting of the R&S CMW500 and the GNSS-capable R&S SMBV100A vector signal generator, a hardware-in-the-loop solution for standard-compliant end-to-end tests for wireless communications and GNSS-capable components in in-vehicle systems.
Chaminda Basnayake, Principal Engineer, V2X Systems, Renesas Electronics
In the basic V2X concept of operation, everybody will be talking to each other, will be aware of each other. Any car will be broadcasting BSMs, pedestrian or personal devices will be broadcasting an equivalent message, called personal safety messages (PSM), and then all the control devices like traffic control will broadcast signal-based timing information, SPAT messages, intersection maps and GPS correction data.
The expectation in the system design is that all vehicles will provide position information and location accuracy, and the vehicle should be able to get this from itself and from others.
The idea is that every vehicle should be able to relatively position everyone else, and then with the onboard device, the vehicle should be able to position itself with respect to the roadway.
A lot of applications are out there. A good source of further information on these is put together by the Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture, a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative.
Connected Car Gateway for applications such as emergency calling, telematics, infotainment data distribution and usage-based insurance. (Image: u-blox)
John Kenney, Director and Principal Researcher, Network Division, Toyota InfoTechnology Center
A couple of issues are hot today with regard to spectrum and how we’re going to use it: what kinds of technology to use to support V2X, in the United States and around the world, and also whether that spectrum can be shared by other technologies for other purposes.
V2X is an inherently ad hoc network, and that makes evolution across generations a much more challenging task than we are used to seeing in the cellular environment.
Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) technology is now mature, and it’s entering the deployment phase. The cellular V2X technology that’s in the initial standardization is interesting; it offers benefits by complementing DSRC, but we don’t want to see it positioned as a competitor. The auto industry wants to remove uncertainty (regarding spectrum sharing) but only in a way that does not threaten DSRC’s safety-of-life mission.
Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President, u-blox America
The adjacent figure shows an in-vehicle module for emergency calling, other positioning applications and infotainment. The blue boxes show the components that we supply: the GNSS with three-dimensional dead reckoning, and in the future with lane-level accuracy, the TOBY 4000 with the customer application, as well as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and near-field communications.
I have shown examples in this webinar where we can clearly identify lane changes with a combination of GNSS technologies.
We very much encourage both Tier Ones and OEMs to keep the cellular technology, the short-range communication technology, and the GNSS positioning technology separate. The advances in GNSS and positioning for autonomous vehicles are truly extraordinary, and can only be done in the separate GNSS technology.
How to put the car on a nap? Positioning technology options. (Image: Renesas Electronics)
Roger Berg, Vice President, Wireless Technologies, DENSO North American R&D Laboratories
The video example that I showed here, of advance warning of a braking car hidden from your line of sight ahead of you, used a Toyota vehicle, a u-blox positional element, and a Renesas V2V component.
We’ve learned through experience that one company can’t do it all. This is an ecosystem that requires connectivity and cooperation. No longer is a vehicle its own entity; it does not operate separate from infrastructure and other road users. And finally, we can’t necessarily predict how connected and automated drivers interact with so-called regular vehicles, those controlled by human drivers. It’s going to take a lot of collaboration between industry, academia and government to be effective.
Komatsu America Corp., a global heavy equipment manufacturer, is offering its first fully radio controlled machine with Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) technology.
The 155AXi-8 Radio Control dozer is part of a line of next-generation machines operating semi autonomously with intelligent machine control.
The D155AXi-8 is designed for applications where customers may want to remove the operator from the machine and still maintain high levels of efficiency and productivity. The dozer uses Komatsu’s automated rough-cut-to-finish-grade technology.
For many operators, the ability to feel machine response to blade load is important to effective dozing. To compensate, the D155AXi-8 RC dozer uses iMC, which automates operation whether dozing heavy material or during fine grading. iMC can sense and control the load the blade carries by using stroke-sensing hydraulic cylinders and an inertial measuring unit.
It can optimize the start of the cut, lowering the blade to the correct grade, then raising the blade when the system senses that a maximum load.
Equipping the machine with remote control was done to accommodate quarry, pit and other applications where concerns over high water or extremely rocky conditions may put the operator in harm’s way or give the operator an uncomfortably rough ride.
The Komatsu 155AXi-8 Radio Control dozer is one in a line of next-generation machines operating semi-autonomously with intelligent machine control.
Intellgent machine control
Base station corrections fix satellite errors and usemachine settings to generate an accurate current position of the blade, which is compared to the 3D model of the project.
An automatic hydraulic interface moves the blade to the exact design grade.
The cab displays a simple interface to provide grading information, including cut or fill values.
Benefits include faster grading operations, fewer passes, less rework and lower machine operating costs.
Secondary receiver uses eLoran to back up GPS time
Spectracom has been selected to provide Interference, Detection and Mitigation (IDM) capability to its SecureSync precision time and frequency reference system to support Rohde & Schwarz Benelux B.V. and the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for secure long-range military communications systems.
The upgrade, which is based on a secondary receiver that extracts precision timing signals from the eLoran system when GPS signals are not available, will increase the reliability of the overall communication system by further enhancing the resiliency of the precision timing core.
As part of its expanding set of resilient PNT solutions, Spectracom systems synchronize to a variety of precision references whenever and wherever available.
In this deployment, signals from the eLoran system are constantly monitored and act as the primary reference when GNSS signals are not available due to interference or jamming. This new capability supports the goal of a sustainable and reliable network for ongoing global operations.
The modularity of the SecureSync precision time and frequency platform allows customers and integrators to easily and incrementally increase system capabilities, such as multiple reference signals, as they become available.
All-in-one time-and-frequency master time and clock server
Spectracom’s VelaSync time server and grandmaster clock.
When the VelaSync time server platform was introduced in 2014, it met the needs of financial trading networks’ move to 10 gigabit-per-second networking. Now available with 40-GbE network interfaces, it offers high-performance synchronization for time-sensitive networks. Matching network speeds between timing and data on a single low-latency high-throughput network enhances synchronization accuracy and eliminates queuing delays and hidden time errors caused by slower connections. The availability of a network timing appliance with 40-GbE interfaces benefits any deployment of critical network infrastructure at high data rates.
The TW3970 / TW3965 antennas have superior cross polarization rejection to enhance multi path signal rejection, tight phase center variation and an excellent axial ratio. The TW3970 is a pole mount or through-hole mount antenna; the TW3965 is an embeddable form. Bothemploy Tallysman’s Accutenna technology and are capable of receiving GPS L1/L2/L5, GLONASS G1/G2/G5, BeiDou B1/B2, Galileo E1/E5a+b plus L-band correction services (1164 MHz to 1254 MHz + 1525MHz to 1606 MHz). The antennas are designed for precision agriculture, autonomous vehicles and other precision applications. The ability of the antennas to access L-band correction services extends its utility to a wider range of applications.
The Tactical Series of inertial navigation systems (INS) is a next-generation family for high performance. Built on a common tactical-grade proprietary micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) inertial sensing core, the Tactical Series includes the VN-110 inertial measurement unit and attitude heading reference system (IMU/AHRS), the VN-210 GPS-aided INS (GPS/INS), and the VN-310 dual-antenna GPS/INS. The Tactical Series offers the same functionality and features as the Industrial Series for integrators of SWaP-C (size, weight, power and cost) constrained manned and unmanned systems. The Tactical Series takes advantage of the latest developments in solid-state MEMS technology to incorporate a three-axis gyro with <1°/hour in-run bias stability, leading to an attitude accuracy of 1 to 2 milliradian. In addition to the improved IMU core, the Tactical Series enclosure is designed to DO-160G airborne standards and rated IP68 for deployment in harsh and extreme environments.
Plug n’ fly control system for UAV, UAS, USV and UGV systems
Veronte Autopilot is a miniaturized fail-safe avionics system with an embedded suite of sensors and processors for advanced control of unmanned systems. The OEM version weighs 90 grams, and the version with an aluminum enclosure weighs 200 grams. Both versions include a datalink radio. The control system is fully configurable — payload, platform layout, control phases, control channels and the user interface layout can be user defined, making it cost effective for a wide range of professional applications. The embedded GPS module offers RTK-like positioning with centimeter precision. It meets DO-178C / ED-12, DO-254 and DO-160G aircract regulations.
Critical coverage for autonomous driving development
TomTom’s HD (high-definition) Map and RoadDNA are highly accurate digital map products helping automated vehicles precisely locate themselves on the road and plan maneuvers, even when traveling at high speeds. These technologies are being rolled out in strategic geographies and are the subject of key partnerships with other automotive suppliers. TomTom now offers more than 122,000 kilometers of HD Map coverage globally, including Interstates in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont; Interstates and highways in California, Michigan and Nevada; and the Autobahn network in Germany.
Applications range from infrastructure to infotainment
Smart Antennas by Laird Technologies combine antenna elements and radio receivers in the same robust package. Compared to traditional architectures, the Smart Antenna provides signifcant performance improvement and system-wide cost savings. Custom solutions are available, including 4G LTE cellular, GNSS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as the emerging dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) technology with a 1,000-meter range for V2X. Applications include navigation systems, vehicle-to-vehicle communication,vehicle to infrastructure communication and infotainment. Operating temperature range is –40 C to 85° C.
The CEESCOPE-USV is a waterproof one-box echo sounder, GNSS and broadband radio telemetry package that can be installed on practically any remotely operated unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The self-contained unit requires no interface with the USV, eliminating challenges of instrument data integration on the vehicle. Using real-time broadband radio telemetry, detailed 20-Hz dual-frequency soundings, up to 20-Hz RTK GNSS and a 3200-sample-per-ping digital echogram are available to the USV operator on shore via the CEE-LINK radio base station. Data from the CEESCOPE-USV telemetry link allows the operator to steer the USV along the survey line like in any manned boat survey. The CEESCOPE-USV offers users a range to their vehicle of more than 1,000 meters.
The new ALS80-UP airborne sensor enables even more flexible data acquisition with extended range measurement capability. It takes advantage of the dual-output optical system pioneered in the ALS70 and enhanced in the originl ALS80. The AL80-UP has higher Multiple Pulse in Air (MPiA) operation settings, enabling data collection in extreme terrains with minimal variation in swath width due to terrain elevation variations. The ALS80-UP works perfectly in a wide variety of scenarios, including wide-area mapping, detail mapping from high-flying heights and detail mapping over mountainous terrain. With its expanded maximum range, the system has demonstrated good results at up to 6,000 meters above terrain and with terrain relief of up to 2,300 meters.
The Settop Repeater allows rover-RTK network users in areas of low or no GSM coverage to receive differential corrections via radio. It can connect to any external radio model on the market for precision agriculture systems or machine control. Repeater field application versatility is managed by an intuitive software controlled using a touchscreen. It can also be used for land surveying and marine work. It reduces the need for an RTK base station and offers flexible field configuration.
Expanded toolsets and capabilities for speed and accuracy
FieldGenius 8 software takes advantage of the high-power processors, high-definition displays and larger memory in modern Windows Mobile powered data collectors and Windows 7 powered tablets. It provides tight control through expanded toolsets. Features include easy GNSS local transformation with the ability to export and import localization files; enhanced DXF support; advanced point averaging, which allows users to take multiple GNSS measurements and calculate an averaged position; support for integrated inertial sensors; native unicode support;and simplified GIS mapping. FieldGenius 8 also has improved road alignments, an onboard basic measurement mode, dynamic screen rotation and expanded ASCII export options. Supported coordinate systems, geoids, instruments and data collectors have been expanded, making it easier to integrate into existing survey operations.
The FLIR Vue Pro R adds radiometric functionality to the Vue Pro camera, giving drone operators the ability to save pictures for post-flight image analysis and accurately measure the temperatures of individual image pixels. Calibrated radiometric imaging allows it to capture the temperature data of every pixel in an image. When saved in Radiometric JPEG format, still images can be imported into FLIR Tools software for detailed analysis and reporting. FLIR Tools, a free download on FLIR.com, lets drone operators adjust settings including object emissivity, background temperature, target distance, relative humidity and thermal sensitivity, as well as assigning various color palettes for each image. The Vue Pro R records digital thermal video, along with radiometric thermal still images, to an on-board micro-SD card. For applications such as electrical inspection, infrastructure assessment and precision mapping, the onboard recording allows operators to capture high-quality thermal data for post processing and analysis.
Reconnaissance for disaster relief, time sensitive situations
The Digital Mapping Reconnaissance Toolkit (DMRT) creates up-to-date orthomosaic maps and 3D models. Users can fly a drone to survey the landscape for real-time solutions, and geotag reference points in impacted areas without a time lag. Seeing what the drone sees, pilots can create search patterns and map with situational awareness. Modular aerial and land-based solutions are available.
Manufactured according to the ISO/TS 16949 automotive supply-chain quality management standard, the modules are thoroughly tested with an extended qualification process aimed at achieving the lowest level of failure rates, u-blox said.
Leveraging the early production experience of tens of millions of professional grade modules, u-blox automotive-grade modules consistently reach excellent quality levels. With long product life-cycle characteristics, u-blox manufacturing management includes industry-recognized processes such as automotive PCN, PPAP and 8D failure reporting.
The NEO-M8Q-01A and the NEO-M8L-01A positioning modules provide concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo. The NEO-M8L-01A is suited to providing 100 percent dead-reckoning positioning coverage even in areas of weak signal such as in tunnels or multi-story car parks or those experiencing poor signal quality such as caused by multipath reflections. This module is qualified to operate in the -40 to +85 degrees temperature range, and the NEO-M8Q-01 GNSS module is the first GNSS module able to operate across the extended automotive temperature range from -40 to + 105 degrees Celsius.
The SARA-G350-02A is a quad-band GSM/GPRS data and voice connectivity module that is certified for provisioning global connectivity. The LISA-U201-03A also provides global connectivity with 5 HSPA bands, with data rates up to 7.2 Mbps. Both these modules accommodate the automotive operating temperature range of -40 to + 85 degrees Celsius, have a compact footprint and consume very little power.
With these product additions, u-blox is able to supply a complete range of automotive grade connectivity and positioning modules for use in navigation systems, telematics, e-Call, road tolling and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications. The recently announced V2X and Wi-Fi modules THEO, EMMY and ELLA complete this portfolio.
Samples are available in August and full production will commence in September 2016, the company says.
