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Locosys MC-1010 Hardware Design Manual

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LOCOSYS Technology Inc.
20F.-13, No.79, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd.,
Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan
886-2-8698-3698
886-2-8698-3699
www.locosystech.com
MC-1010 Hardware Design Guide
Version 1.0
Date: 2013/12/31

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  • Page 1 LOCOSYS Technology Inc. 20F.-13, No.79, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan 886-2-8698-3698 886-2-8698-3699 www.locosystech.com MC-1010 Hardware Design Guide Version 1.0 Date: 2013/12/31...
  • Page 2 1 General Rules for Design-in In order to obtain good GPS performances, there are some rules which require attentions for using MC-1010 GPS module. 2 Circuit Design Power supply VCC It is necessary to provide a clean and stable power supply for our GPS module in order to obtain good performances.
  • Page 3 LOCOSYS Technology Inc. 20F.-13, No.79, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan 886-2-8698-3698 886-2-8698-3699 www.locosystech.com UART (RX/TX) –Serial Interface (1). UART is the default interface (TTL level) that has the baud rate ranging from 4800 bps to 115200bps.
  • Page 4 LOCOSYS Technology Inc. 20F.-13, No.79, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan 886-2-8698-3698 886-2-8698-3699 www.locosystech.com Gain (antenna): > -2dBi Gain (embedded LNA): < 23dB (Typ.) Total Gain: < 18dBi Design patch antenna with GPS module.
  • Page 5 LOCOSYS Technology Inc. 20F.-13, No.79, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan 886-2-8698-3698 886-2-8698-3699 www.locosystech.com 1PPS 1PPS signal is an output pulse signal used for timing application, its electronic characteristic are list below: 1PPS signal and its pulse width with 100ms duration Low Voltage level: 0~0.4V...
  • Page 6 886-2-8698-3698 886-2-8698-3699 www.locosystech.com LOCOSYS provides following 1pps signal output mode for customer selections Standard GPS module will output the 1pps after the module is 3D_FIX. Free run 1PPS output after 3D_FIX GPS module will output the 1pps after the module is 2D_FIX.
  • Page 7 LOCOSYS Technology Inc. 20F.-13, No.79, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan 886-2-8698-3698 886-2-8698-3699 www.locosystech.com Trace (1). The USB differential signals should be trace close and equal-length for minimum radiation and noise immunity. (2). Please have the RF traces had the character impendence of 50 ohm for good impedance matching.
  • Page 8 Another way to do this is the place the two different sets at different layers of the board, while the ground of each layer is contacted in one point only (preferable at border of the board). 4 Thermal Profile for MC-1010 Modules All the information in this sheet should be used only for Pb-free certification.