Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Tallysman, a manufacturer of GNSS antennas and related products that designs and manufactures its products in Ottawa, Canada, announced the introduction of a through-hole mount dual band plus L-Band GNSS antenna: TW3892.
The introduction of this antenna is a continuation of Tallysman’s expansion into broader band GNSS antennas. It employs the company’s Accutenna technology.
By Inside GNSS
Rochester, New York-based Orolia recently announced (March 22) that in several indoor environments in the field, it has successfully synchronized a Spectracom SecureSync high precision time server with the new Iridium Satelles Satellite Time & Location (STL) time synchronization signal powered by Iridium satellites.
By Inside GNSS
Livermore, California-based Sokkia has introduced the latest addition to its GCX line of GNSS integrated receivers — the GCX3 — featuring advanced constellation tracking, open format software compatibility, and longer range base-to-rover communication.
By Inside GNSS
Orca Technologies, a manufacturer of high-precision time and frequency products based in San Clemente, California, announces the release of its System Matrix Switch (SMS-101) unit designed to provide GNSS signal distribution via a sophisticated switch matrix amplifier system.
By Inside GNSS
NovAtel Inc. recently announced the release of the 7.200 firmware for its next generation of receivers, the OEM729, OEM719 and OEM7700, and with the release introduced new positioning functionality including the Interference Toolkit. The 7.200 software interface is backwards compatible with the OEM6 family software with the addition of the following key features:
By Inside GNSS
Rueil-Malmaison, France-based SBG Systems announces the Ekinox 2 Series, a new generation of the company’s advanced and compact inertial navigation systems.
With new accelerometers and gyroscopes, Ekinox 2’s attitude accuracy has been enhanced by a factor of two while improving resistance to vibrations and integrating the BeiDou constellation, according to the company.
By Inside GNSS
Designed to deliver a breakthrough in size reduction and lower power needs, reelektronika announces the development of a new series of integrated eLoran/Chayka/GNSS receivers based on the Loradd++ core which extends the range of currently produced receivers.
The need to significantly reduce the size and power consumption of receivers was the main driver of this development, according to Reeuwijk, Netherlands-based Reelektronika. Low power and small size are among the prerequisites for developing wearable instruments.
By Inside GNSS
Thalwil, Switzerland–based u-blox will showcase new products — including a super low power GNSS receiver chip for wearable applications — at Embedded World, held in Nuremberg, Germany, on March 14-16, 2017.
By Inside GNSS
Today, at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hemisphere GNSS, Inc. showed off its new A326 Rugged Smart Antenna.
Purpose-built for harsh machine control environments, the GNSS antenna adds another system component and allows heavy equipment manufacturers to deliver their own machine control and guidance solutions to their customers.
By Inside GNSS
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Hemisphere GNSS, Inc. introduced its IronOne Rugged Display & Computer for machine control applications at this week’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Purpose-built for harsh machine control environments, IronOne meets IP67-standard certification and uses an 8” sunlight-readable LCD display. IronOne adds another system component and empowers heavy equipment manufacturers to deliver their own machine control and guidance solutions to their customers.
By Inside GNSS
GlobalTop Technology, Inc., based in Tainan, Taiwan, just released the Titan X1 Multi-GNSS module with Patch Antenna.
The module features an ultra-compact size, and is especially designed for applications where a small foot-print, ease-of-integration and flexible interface options are essential.
By Inside GNSS
The GSM/GNSS click from MikroElektronika (Zemun, Belgrade) combines GPS/GLONASS location tracking with Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module capability for mobile communication. The applications for this new click board include asset tracking for navigation devices based on GPS and GLONASS, road navigation devices, public transport, and wearable devices.
By Inside GNSS
In effort to improve safety, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) has officially launched the Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) test campaign for eCall devices, which allows eCall device manufacturers to pre-test Galileo and EGNOS compatibility prior to type approval.
By Inside GNSS
