Product series 1. Introduction The GR-89 series consists of SiRF GSC3f chipsets technology, LNA and proprietary software. The system function block is described as follows. HOLUX GR-89 is a high performance, low power consumption, small size, very easy integrated GPS engine board designed for a broad spectrum of OEM system applications.
Support Accurate 1PPS Output Signal Aligned with GPS Timing Multi-path Mitigation Hardware On-board WAAS/EGNOS Demodulator 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). RF signal input to RFIN pin from external antenna. DC supply from 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) Weight: 3 g ※: According to SiRF GSC3 specification. 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 ±...
Association's NMEA 0183 ASCII interface specification, which is defined in NMEA 0183, Version 2.2. As soon as the initial self-test is complete, the GR-89 begins the process of satellite acquisition and tracking automatically. Under normal circumstances, it takes approximately 42 seconds to achieve a position fix, 38 seconds if ephemeris data is known.
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Differential GPS, SPS Mode, fix valid GPS PPS 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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Checksum <CR> <LF> 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...
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Azimuth SNR (C/No) Checksum 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 Description Units GSV protocol header Range 1 to 3...
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Course 309.62 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 Units RMC protocol header hhmmss.sss A=data valid or V=data not valid ddmm.mmmm...
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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! True degrees Measured heading Magnetic...
4.3.1 Addition Software SiRFdemo is the Evaluation Receiver configuration and monitoring software provided with the GR-89. This software can be used to monitor real-time operation of the GR-89 Receiver, log data for analysis, upload new software to the Receiver, and configure the Receiver operation..
1 PPS output, synchronized with GPS time. TIME_MARK 1 PPS output, 1us/s Ground 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! Function description...
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This pin default is provides 1 microsecond pulse per second output from the GR-89 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 With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Appendix A : Reference Design Fig A-1 is GR-89 connects to RS-232 transceiver solutions intended for portable or hand-held applications such as notebook and palmtop computers. (Fig A-1) HOLUX Technology, Inc.
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