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MEB-1000 User Manual This document contains information highly confidential to RoyalTek Company LTD (RoyalTek). It is provided for the sole purpose of the business discussions between customer and RoyalTek and is covered under the terms of the applicable Non-Disclosure Agreements. Disclosure of this information to other parties is prohibited without the written consent of RoyalTek.
1 Introduction RoyalTek MEB-1000 small form factor board is the newest generation of RoyalTek GPS module. The module is powered by MediaTek MT3301 and MT3179. RoyalTek proprietary navigation technology that provides you with stable and accurate navigation data. The smallest form factor and miniature design is the best choice to be embedded in a device such as portable navigation device, personal locator, speed camera detector and vehicle locator.
Reset Time Mark Pin # Signal Name 0/1 GPIO-0 GPIO-4 GPS_3V3 RF_Bias MEB-1000 User Manual DC Supply Voltage Output External Reset Signal Serial Port 0 Serial Port 0 Serial Port 1 Serial Port 1 Reference Ground One pulse per second...
1.6 MEB-1000 System Block Diagram System block diagram description: (1) External antenna. (2) 4 Mega bits flash memory (3) 31 pin I/O pin Antenna 1.7 MEB-1000 Technical Specification Impedance:50Ω Function GPS receiver Chipset Frequency Code Channels Sensitivity (Acquisition) Cold start...
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Mechanical requirements Weight Power consumption Current Environment Operating temperature Storage temperature MEB-1000 User Manual < 1sec 3 meters 2D RMS(w/o aid) 18000 m 515 m/s It can store the protocol setup in the SRAM and Flash memory. 1.WAAS, EGNOS 2.RTCM protocol...
It’s recommended to connect a backup battery to V_RTC_3V3. In order to enable the warm start and hot start features of the GPS receiver. If you don’t intend to use a backup battery, connect this pin to GND or open.
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(1) The maximum power consumption of active antenna is about 100mW. (2) Suggest input gain > 20dB,and NF < 1.5 dB 。 (6) GPIO: The GPIO pin is recommended to connect to serial resistance(220Ω),if use the GPIO function. If no use GPIO function, it don’t connect anything. MEB-1000 User Manual...
Figure 7 Interface Pin Number Pin # Signal Name V_GPS_3V3 RF_ON MEB-1000 User Manual Table 1-4 Pin Definition Description Characteristics DC Supply DC +3.3V±5% Voltage input Ground Reference Ground ≥ Serial port A ≥ Serial port A ≥ Serial port B ≥...
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This is the DC power supply input pin for GPS system. It provides voltage to module. GND provides the ground . This is the main receiver channel and is used to receive software commands to the board from PowerGPS software or from user written MEB-1000 User Manual Ground Reference Ground Ground Reference Ground GPS Signal input 50 Ω...
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V_RTC_3V3 (Backup battery ) This is the battery backup input that powers the SRAM and RTC when main power is removed. Typical current draw is 10uA. The supply voltage should be between 1.6V and 3.6V. GPIO Functions MEB-1000 User Manual...
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MEB-1000 User Manual Several I/Os are connected to the digital interface connector for custom applications.
Longitude E/W Indicator Position Fix Indicator Satellites Used HDOP MSL Altitude Units Geoid Separation MEB-1000 User Manual Description Global positioning system fixed data GNSS DOP and active satellites GNSS satellites in view Recommended minimum specific GNSS data Example Units Description...
Mode 2 Satellite Used Satellite Used …. Satellite Used PDOP HDOP VDOP Checksum <CR><LF> Value MEB-1000 User Manual meters second Null fields when DGPS is not used 0000 End of message termination Description Units Description GSA protocol header See Table 4-2...
Depending on the number of satellites tracked multiple messages of GSV data may be required. RMC-Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data Below table contains the values of the following example: $GPRMC, 161229.487, A, 3723.2475, N, 12158.3416, W, 0.13, 309.62, 120598, ,*10 MEB-1000 User Manual Table 2-6 Mode 2 Description Units Description...
E/W Indicator Speed Over Ground 0.13 Course Over 309.62 Ground Date 120598 Magnetic Variation Mode Checksum MEB-1000 User Manual Units Description RMC protocol header hhmmss.sss A=data valid or V=data not valid ddmm.mmmm N=north or S=south dddmm.mmmm E=east or W=west knots...
3 RoHS Reflow Diagram C to peak, 480 sec max Figure 8 RoHS Reflow Diagram MEB-1000 User Manual 20~40sec Ramp-up C/sec max Ts Pretest 60~180sec Time Critical Zone C,10sec max to T Ramp-down C/sec 60~150sec...
MEB-1000 User Manual 4 Package Specification and Order Information Shipment Method: Tape and reel SMT type with stamp holes (31 holes) Figure 9 Tape & Reel Packaging Information...
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