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GPS 15
TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

GARMIN International, Inc.
st
1200 E. 151
Street
Olathe, KS 66062 USA
190-00266-00, Revision A
August 2002

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  • Page 1: Specifications

    GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS GARMIN International, Inc. 1200 E. 151 Street Olathe, KS 66062 USA 190-00266-00, Revision A August 2002...
  • Page 2 GARMIN. GARMIN hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual and of any revision to this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.1 DESCRIPTION ..............................6 2.2 DIAGRAMS ............................... 7 3. SOFTWARE INTERFACE 3.1 RECEIVED NMEA 0183 SENTENCES......................8 3.2 TRANSMITTED NMEA 0183 SENTENCES....................10 4. MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS & MOUNTING.................14 Appendix A. EARTH DATUMS........................15 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page i P/N 190-00266-00 Rev. A...
  • Page 4 FIGURE 4. GPS 15-F DIMENSIONS........................... 14 FIGURE 5. GPS 15-W OUTLINE DRAWING......................14 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1. SIGNAL/WIRE DESCRIPTIONS ......................... 6 TABLE 2. NMEA 0183 OUTPUT SENTENCE ORDER..................... 10 Page ii GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev. A P/N 190-00266-00...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The GPS 15 does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Unauthorized repairs or modifications could result in permanent damage to the equipment, and void your warranty and your authority to operate this device under Part 15 regulations. GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page 1 P/N 190-00266-00...

  • Page 6: Limited Warranty

    GARMIN retains the exclusive right to repair or replace the unit or software or offer a full refund of the purchase price at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY.

  • Page 7: Overview

    1.3 OVERVIEW The GPS 15 is part of GARMIN’s latest generation of GPS sensor boards designed for a broad spectrum of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture) system applications. Based on the proven technology found in other GARMIN 12-channel GPS receivers, the GPS 15 will track up to 12 satellites at a time while providing fast time-to-first-fix, one-second navigation updates and low power consumption.

  • Page 8: Technical Specifications

    < 15 meters, 95% typical (100 meters with Selective Availability on) Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state Dynamics: 999 knots velocity (only limited at altitude greater than 60,000 feet), 6g dynamics Page 4 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev. A P/N 190-00266-00...
  • Page 9 Port 1 Protocols NMEA 0183 Version 3.00 ASCII output sentences GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, and GPRMC (NMEA-approved sentences); PGRME, PGRMM, and PGRMT (GARMIN proprietary sentences) NMEA 0183 Outputs (see Section 3.2 for full protocol specifications) Position, velocity and time Receiver and satellite status Geometry and error estimates NMEA 0183 Inputs (see Section 3.1 for full protocol specifications)

  • Page 10: Pinout

    This input allows the user to externally apply a RF bias to the active antenna. Units are shipped with this feature disabled. By default, the unit will use an internal voltage to power the active antenna. Page 6 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev. A P/N 190-00266-00...

  • Page 11: Diagrams

    DATA OUT NMEA Device (4) YELLOW: PORT 1 DATA OUT Power/Data Cable DATA IN (5) BLUE: PORT 1 DATA IN (6) ORANGE: RF BIAS Figure 3. Basic NMEA Device Interconnection GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page 7 P/N 190-00266-00 Rev. A...

  • Page 12: Software Interface

    The GPS 15 interface protocol, in addition to transmitting navigation information as defined by NMEA˚0183, transmits additional information using the convention of GARMIN proprietary sentences. The following sections describe the NMEA 0183 data format of each sentence transmitted and received by the GPS 15.
  • Page 13 <2> Command, where: B = change to power save mode. G = change to Garmin proprietary data format for the remainder of the power cycle. N = change to normal (as opposed to power save) mode. GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...

  • Page 14: Transmitted Nmea 0183 Sentences

    “$” and the termination delimiter <CR><LF>. The factory set defaults will result in a once per second transmission at the NMEA 0183 specification transmission rate of 4800 baud. Page 10 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev. A P/N 190-00266-00...
  • Page 15 PRN number, 01 to 32, of satellite used in solution, up to 12 transmitted (leading zeros will be transmitted) <4> Position dilution of precision, 0.5 to 99.9 <5> Horizontal dilution of precision, 0.5 to 99.9 <6> Vertical dilution of precision, 0.5 to 99.9 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page 11 P/N 190-00266-00 Rev. A...
  • Page 16 Estimated position error (EPE), 0.0 to 999.9 meters 3.2.8 Map Datum (PGRMM) The GARMIN Proprietary sentence $PGRMM gives the name of the map datum currently in use by the GPS sensor. This information is used by the GARMIN MapSource real-time plotting application.
  • Page 17 3.2.9 Sensor Status Information (PGRMT) The GARMIN Proprietary sentence $PGRMT gives information concerning the status of the GPS sensor. This sentence is transmitted once per minute regardless of the selected baud rate. $PGRMT,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,<9>*hh<CR><LF> <1> Product, model and software version (variable length field, e.g., “GPS 17 VER 2.05”) <2>...

  • Page 18: Mechanical Characteristics & Mounting

    3. USE M2 MOUNTING SCREWS. Figure 4. GPS 15-F Dimensions PIN 1 NOTES: 1. DIMENSIONS IDENTICAL TO GPS 15-F. 2. USE M2 MOUNTING SCREWS. Figure 5. GPS 15-W Outline Drawing Page 14 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev. A P/N 190-00266-00...

  • Page 19: Appendix A. Earth Datums

    Appendix A Earth Datums The following is a list of the GARMIN GPS 15 earth datum indices and the corresponding earth datum name (including the area of application): ADINDAN - Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Sudan AFGOOYE - Somalia AIN EL ABD 1970 - Bahrain Island, Saudi Arabia...
  • Page 20 TIMBALAI 1948 - Brunei and East Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah) TOKYO - Japan, Korea, Okinawa TRISTAN ASTRO 1968 - Tristan da Cunha User defined earth datum VITI LEVU 1916 - Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands) Page 16 GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev. A P/N 190-00266-00...
  • Page 21 WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1984 ZANDERIJ - Surinam CH-1903 - Switzerland Hu - Tzu - Shan Indonesia 74 Austria Potsdam Taiwan - modified Hu-Tzu-Shan GDA - Geocentric Datum of Australia Dutch GPS 15 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Page 17 P/N 190-00266-00 Rev. A...
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