SPK Electronic Co SPK-GPS8063 Product Data Sheet

Low-power, high-performance compact gps module

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SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
GPS Module SPK-GPS8063
Product Data Sheet & Design Guide
<V1.0>
Add:10F,NO.510,SEC.5,CHUNG HSIAO E. RD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
Tel:02-2346-2323
Fax:02-2346-3939
E-mail:
WEB:http://www.spkecl.com
spktw@ms34.hinet.net

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  • Page 1 SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. GPS Module SPK-GPS8063 Product Data Sheet & Design Guide <V1.0> Add:10F,NO.510,SEC.5,CHUNG HSIAO E. RD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN Tel:02-2346-2323 Fax:02-2346-3939 E-mail: WEB:http://www.spkecl.com spktw@ms34.hinet.net...
  • Page 2: Revision History

    SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Date: 2010/01/18 Version: 1.0 Status: Released Revision History Version Effective Date Description of Changes 2009/10/05 Draft 2010/01/18 Released 1/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 3: Key Features

    Status: Released 1. Introduction SPK’s SPK-GPS8063 is a low-power, high-performance compact GPS module. It is designed with the advanced Atheros AR1511 (BF1B-R) GPS IC. The very small form factor and low power consumption of SPK-GPS8063 makes it especially suitable for a variety of embedded GPS applications for mobile devices such as personal and automotive navigation, UMPC, etc..
  • Page 4 Version: 1.0 Status: Released 3. Applications • Cell phones, UMPC, and personal positioning and navigation system • Asset tracking • Security monitoring and tracking • Location-based services 3/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 5: Technical Specification

    Timing Pulse 1 pps Synchronized to the rising edge of GPS sec. Mechanical Size 13 mm × 16.5 mm × 2.6 mm Weight <2g I/O 22 SMD pads 4/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 6 Back-up power supply voltage Vcc_In_ 3.3V GPIO8 GPIO8 GPIO7 GPIO7 GPIO3 GPIO3 BOOT Select BOOT mode RF_OUT Antenna bias voltage supply (for active antenna) Ground RF_IN RF signal input Ground 5/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 7 SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Ground Ground 6/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 8: Software Interface

    Recommended minimum specific GNSS data Course over ground and ground speed 8.1.1 GGA – Global positioning system fixed data $GPGGA,161229.487,3723.2475,N,12158.3416,W,1,07,1.0,9.0,M,,,,0000*18 Name Example Unit Description Message ID $GPGGA GGA protocol header 7/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 9 SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. UTC Position 161229.487 hhmmss.sss 8/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 10 Example Unit Description Message ID $GPGSA GSA protocol header Mode 1 M: manual, forced to operate in 2D or 3D mode; A: automatic, allowed to automatically switch 9/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 11 SNR (C/N0) dB-Hz Channel 1 (Range: 00 – 99, null when not tracking) Checksum <CR><LF> 8.1.5 RMC – Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data $GPRMC,053740.000,A,2503.6319,N,12136.0099,E,2.69,79.65,100106,..,A*53 Name Example Unit Description 10/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 12 Speed over ground 0.13 Measured speed Units E: east / W: west Speed over ground knots True Units Degrees Mode A: autonomus Checksum <CR><LF> End of message termination 11/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 13 Date: 2010/01/18 Version: 1.0 Status: Released 9. Recommended PCB land pattern Figure 1 PCB land pattern suggestion (unit: mm) 12/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 14: Reference Design

    Date: 2010/01/18 Version: 1.0 Status: Released 10. Reference Design Passive Antenna 13/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...
  • Page 15 Date: 2010/01/18 Version: 1.0 Status: Released Active Antenna Figure 2 Reference design circuit 14/13 SPK-GPS8063 Data Sheet & Design Guide 1.0©Copyright 2009, SPK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD...

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