Product series 1.Introduction The GR-87 series consists of SiRF star III chipsets technology, LNA and proprietary software. The system function block is described as follows. TTL RS-232 signal GSP3 HOLUX GR-87 is a high performance, low power consumption, small size, very easy integrated GPS engine board designed for a broad spectrum of OEM system applications.
On-board RTCM SC-104 DGPS and WAAS /EGNOS Demodulator Built-in a lithium battery make GPS fast positioning HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way!
2). Input current: Less than 80 mA (without antenna) . 3). Backup power: 3V Rechargeable Lithium cell battery, up to 500 hours discharge. HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way!
3) Interface connector 6-pin straight male header, 1.25 mm pitch . (Please refer to the appendix B) HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 1 microsecond. ±...
Services (RTCM Recommended Standards For Differential Navstar GPS Service, Version 2.1, RTCM Special Committee No.104). As soon as the initial self-test is complete, the GR-87 begins the process of satellite acquisition and tracking automatically. Under normal circumstances, it takes approximately 45 seconds to achieve a position fix, 38 seconds if ephemeris data is known.
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GPS SPS Mode, fix valid Differential GPS, SPS Mode, fix valid HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Units GGA protocol header hhmmss.sss ddmm.mmmm N=north or S=south dddmm.mmmm...
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HDOP VDOP HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Units GLL protocol header ddmm.mmmm N/S Indicator N N=north or S=south dddmm.mmmm E=east or W=west hhmmss.sss...
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Satellite ID Elevation Azimuth HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! End of message termination Description Description Units GSV protocol header...
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$GPVTG,309.62,T, ,M,0.13,N,0.2,K*6E HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! dBHz Range 0 to 99, null when not tracking End of message termination...
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Note – The MSS NMEA message can only be polled or scheduled using the MSK NMEA input message. HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Description Units VTG protocol header degrees Measured heading...
SRAM for later computing. HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Description Units ZDA protocol header Either using valid IONO/UTC or...
Sirfprog /Fdata58.dat –P1 –B4800 –Csh1 <Entry> After change datum, the new datum will keep in SRAM. If long time (more than 7 days) no power supplied to GR-87, user must resend datum to GR-87 when power on. 4.3.2 Addition Software SiRFdemo is the Evaluation Receiver configuration and monitoring software provided with the GR-87.
RESET (option) RESET: Reset Input (Active Low)(option function) 5.3.1 VCC_5V This is the main DC power supply for a +3.3~ 5.5 V engine board. 5.3.2 TXA This is the main transmitting channel and is used to output navigation and measurement data for user written software.
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Product series 5.3.6 TIMEMARK (default)/ RESET (option) This pin default is provides 1 pulse per second output from the GR-87 engine board, which is synchronized to within 1 microsecond of GPS time. The output is a CMOS 3V positive level signal. Only upon a situation of tracking or navigating will output once per second.
Product series 6. Operation and Test The customers can use HOLUX GPSView.exe to test the engine board. GPSViewer.exe is compatible with Microsoft Pocket PC or other operation system alike. 1). Install Microsoft ActiveSync to your PC, refer to your Pocket PC manual for installation procedure, as Fig.
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Fig. 6.5, Fig. 6.6, and Fig. 6.7. (Fig. 6.5) HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! (Fig. 6.3) (Fig. 6.4) (Fig. 6.6) (Fig. 6.7)
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Select “GPS Status” to show the satellite diagram like below, as Fig. 6.8. HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw With HOLUX, You never lose the way! (Fig. 6.8)
Product series Appendix A : Reference Design Fig A-1 is GR-87 connects to RS-232 transceiver solutions intended for portable or hand-held applications such as notebook and palmtop computers. TIMEMARK GR-87 engine board Appendix B : Connector RF Connector . Type MMCX.
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Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Interface connector: Male header 1.25mm pitch DIP R/A type. HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (Hsinchu Science Industrial Park) TEL: 886-3-6687000 FAX:886-3-6687111 E-mail:info@holux.com.tw Website:www.holux.com.tw...
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