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N10/N20 EVB User Manual
N10/N20_EVB User Manual
GPS Module Series
Version: V1.1
Date:
2017-10-16
Copyright© Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd.
Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd.
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  • Page 1 N10/N20 EVB User Manual N10/N20_EVB User Manual GPS Module Series Version: V1.1 Date: 2017-10-16 Copyright© Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd. Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd.
  • Page 2 Thus, the descriptions herein may not exactly match the product or its accessories which you purchase. Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd reserves the right to change or modify any information or specifications contained in this manual without prior notice and without any liability.
  • Page 3 N10/N20 EVB User Manual Version History Date Version Modify records Author First release Jason.liao 2016-09-11 V1.0 Optimized layout format 2017-10-16 V1.1 Jason Liao Change company logo Copyright© Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual Content 1. Overview ........................3 1.1 EVB Top View ..................... 3 1.2 EVB Accessories ....................4 2. Application ......................... 5 2.1 GPS Module ....................... 5 2.2 Switch ......................... 6 2.3 USB Interface ..................... 6 2.4 Antenna Interface ....................6 2.5 Status LEDs ......................
  • Page 5: Overview

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 1. Overview This document defines and specifies the usage of N10/N20 EVB. You can know how to use N10/N20 EVB and GPS demo tool from this document. 1.1 EVB Top View Figure 1-1 N10/N20 EVB Top View...
  • Page 6: Evb Accessories

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 7: USB to UART IC 8: 5pin Micro USB 9: USB Power Indication LED 10: PPS Indication LED 11: Test Points 1.2 EVB Accessories Figure 1-2 EVB Accessories 1: USB Cable 2: GPS active antenna (3.3V)
  • Page 7: Application

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 2. Application 2.1 GPS Module Figure 2-1 GPS Module The EVB board can support two kinds of GPS Modules (N10 and N20) to test. Each GPS module has different match circuit position seen as the arrows.
  • Page 8: Switch

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 2.2 Switch Figure 2-2 Switch The EVB board has three switches for the UART and Power of GPS module. All these three switches should turn left when connect the module to the computer through the Micro-USB, like getting the NEMA data or downloading the software.
  • Page 9: Status Leds

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 2.5 Status LEDs The EVK board has two indication LEDs. One is USB power indication (9) and another is PPS indication (10). USB power indication led will light on when USB cable plugging. PPS indication led will on when the GPS module outputs the PPS signal.
  • Page 10 N10/N20 EVB User Manual Table 2-1: Pins of Test Point Pin Name Description Receive data2 Transmit data2 Select signal of SPI 1 pulse per second Interrupt signal System reset MOSI Master output slave input of SPI ANT_ON External LNA control pin...
  • Page 11: Evb And Accessories

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 3. EVB and Accessories The EVB and its accessories are showed as follow figure which tell user how to connect them. Figure 3-1 EVB and Accessory Equipments Copyright© Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd.
  • Page 12: Usb Driver

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 4. USB Driver You need to install the driver of Micro-USB, when use Micro-USB for data communication. Please get the driver from our FAE of Mediatek Company or download them from internet. We have two different driver ICs for the Micro-USB. These download paths are as below: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM21218_Setup.zip...
  • Page 13: Powergps

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 5. PowerGPS 5.1 PowerGPS panel The PowerGPS version is V2.3.3. The PowerGPS tool can help customer to view the status of GPS&GLONASS&BDS receiver. When the tool is opened, the following window will be displayed: Figure 5-1 PowerGPS Assemble the EVB accessories, supply power to the module, start up the PowerGPS, select a correct COM port and baud rate (N10 module supports 9600bps by default), then click the button “Create...
  • Page 14 N10/N20 EVB User Manual From the window, customer can find CNR message, time, position, speed, precision and so on. More detail information are listed in Table 5. Table 5 Explanations of PowerGPS Window Icon Explanation SV with PRN G19. If the position of SV is near to the centre of the Sky View, the elevation angle of SV is close to 90°...
  • Page 15: Pmtk Command

    N10/N20 EVB User Manual 5.2 PMTK Command You can send PMTK command by PowerGPS, for example PMTK605. For more PMTK command, Please refer to the related documents. Figure 5-2 PMTK Command 5.3 Automatic TTFF Testing This tool can measure the TTFF (Time to First Fix) under different testing conditions, like full start, cold start, warm start and hot start.
  • Page 16 N10/N20 EVB User Manual Figure 5-3 TTFF Test Click “Set reference point”, and “Reference location”. After start positioning, click “Use Mean Position” and “OK”. Copyright© Shanghai Mobiletek Communication Ltd.
  • Page 17 N10/N20 EVB User Manual Figure 5-4 Static TTFF Testing Configuration Options Click “Config”, set “TTFF Time- out (sec)”, then click “OK”: Generally, if you want to choose hot start, warm start or cold start, “TTFF Time-out (sec)” sets 10s, 50s or 100s. “TTFF Time–out (sec)” can help you judge TTFF and save time.

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