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- Page 1 GPS Evaluation Kit EVA2135-H A Description of the Evaluation Board for Maestro’s GPS Receiver / Smart Antenna Module A2135-H User’s Manual Version 0.1...
- Page 2 Revision History Rev. Date Description 06-23-14 Initial Draft mm-dd-yy Name Date Signature Written by Happy wen 06-23-14 Checked by Sam Law, Matthieu 06-23-14 S L,M Approval by Frank Tang, Calvin Yau 06-23-14 F T,C Y V0.1– Oct-14 User’s Manual Page 2 of 17...
- Page 3 WIRELESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED. IT MAY NOT BE COPIED OR TRANSMITTED BY ANY MEANS, PASSED TO OTHERS, OR STORED IN ANY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR MEDIA, WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF MAESTRO OR ITS AUTHORIZED AGENTS. THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS, TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, ENTIRELY CORRECT.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1 Introduction ......................5 1.1 Purpose ......................5 1.2 Contents ......................5 2 Handling Precautions ..................5 3 Quick Start (using USB connection) ..............6 4 On-Board Peripherals ..................9 4.1 RESET and ON_OFF Push-Button ..............9 ... -
Page 5: Introduction
1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose The GPS Evaluation Kit EVA2135-H allows an easy evaluation of Maestro’s GPS receiver /smart antenna module A2135-H by offering quick access to the ports of the module. The EVA2135-H serves three major purposes: As a demonstration package of the module’s capabilities Powering the A2135-H GPS receiver module via the USB connector with suffi- cient view to the sky will result in an NMEA output with position information. -
Page 6: Quick Start (Using Usb Connection)
3 Quick Start (using USB connection) (1) Connect the EVA2135-H with your PC using the included USB cable. (2) When the PC asks for drivers select the folder “Tools\Drivers” on the included CD ROM. Note that two drivers need to be installed, the EVA2135-H FTDI driver and the USB serial driver. - Page 7 (verify in your system settings - device manager, which communication port is used for this USB serial connection), in our example COM15 at 9600 baud (default setting for the EVA2135-H), and click on “OK”: Figure 4: GPS Cockpit communication window – COM2 The connection is established now.
- Page 8 Figure 5: GPS Cockpit NMEA terminal with NMEA data Now you can start using all the other windows and features of GPS Cockpit. Please refer also to the GPS Cockpit manual and the online help within GPS Cockpit. V0.1– Oct-14 User’s Manual Page 8 of 17...
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Page 9: On-Board Peripherals
GPS antennas. It can be switched between the two antenna inputs by using the ANT_SW pin of the A2135-H connected to the DIP switch on board the EVA2135-H evaluation kit. Setting the DIP switch to “OFF” means the on-module is activated. -
Page 10: Led's
5 LED’s There are 6 LEDs on the EVA2135-H that indicate different signals from the GPS receiver (order of LED’s on EVA2135-H from left to right): Name Function Description Transmit Serial data traffic (from GPS receiver) Receive Serial data traffic (into GPS receiver) -
Page 11: Design-In Support
The EVA2135-H demo board offers the possibility to implement the A2135-H GPS receiver module temporarily into your design by using the terminal block with 15 connections & a pad of 3V3. To operate the EVA2135-H via this terminal block, please check “Table 3: Switch settings”. -
Page 12: Dip Switch Settings
6.2 DIP Switch Settings The following picture shows the DIP switches of the EVA2135-H. Figure 9: DIP switches Operation via USB connector Operation via Switch Function (default settings) terminal block GPIO7 GPIO6 ON = high (A2135-H pin 10, external ac-... -
Page 13: Icc Jumper
6.3 ICC Jumper Figure 10: ICC jumper As long as the VCC DIP switch is “ON” the ICC jumper is bridged. By putting the DIP switch to the OFF position the current draw of the A2135-H GPS receiver can measured directly by connecting a low resistance measurement device to the ICC jumper. -
Page 14: Board Overview
8 Board Overview Figure 11: Board overview V0.1– Oct-14 User’s Manual Page 14 of 17... -
Page 15: Board Schematics
9 Board Schematics Figure 12: EVA2135-H board schematics V0.1– Oct-14 User’s Manual Page 15 of 17... -
Page 16: Related Information
GPS module. Inputs regarding errors or mistaken verbalizations and comments or proposals to Maestro, Hong Kong, for further improvements are highly appreciated. Maestro Wireless Solutions Limited Units A & B, 9th Floor, Wing Cheong Factory Building... -
Page 17: List Of Figures
Figure 10: ICC jumper ..................... 13 Figure 11: Board overview ..................14 Figure 12: EVA2135-H board schematics ............... 15 12 List of Tables Table 1: LED’s function and description ..............10 Table 2: Terminal block description ................ 11 ...
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