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EVB User Guide GPS Module Series Rev. L80_EVB_User_Guide_V1.0 Date: 2013-07-25 www.quectel.com...
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GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide About the document History Revision Date Author Description 2013-07-25 Ada LI Initial L80_EVB_User_Guide Confidential / Released 2 / 20...
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Contents About the document ........................... 2 Contents ............................... 3 Table Index ..............................4 Figure Index ..............................5 Introduction ............................6 Introduction to EVB Kit ........................7 2.1. EVB Top and Bottom View ......................7 2.2.
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GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Table Index TABLE 1: EVB BOTTOM VIEW ........................... 8 TABLE 2: EVB ACCESSORIES .......................... 9 TABLE 3: PINS OF UART PORT ........................11 TABLE 4: SWITCHES AND BUTTONS ......................13 TABLE 5: THE DESCRIPTION OF TEST POINTS ................... 14 TABLE 6: EXPLANATIONS OF POWERGPS WINDOW ..................
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Introduction This document defines and specifies the usage of L80 EVB (Evaluation Board). You can get useful information about L80 EVB and GPS demo tool from this document. L80_EVB_User_Guide Confidential / Released 6 / 20...
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Introduction to EVB Kit 2.1. EVB Top and Bottom View Figure 1 : EVB Top View L80_EVB_User_Guide Confidential / Released 7 / 20...
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Figure 2 : EVB Bottom View Table 1: EVB Bottom View Index Description UART port Serial port alternation switch RESET button FORCE_ON Micro-USB port POWER switch PATCH Antenna L80 Module Active Antenna interface L80_EVB_User_Guide...
3.1. USB Interface Figure 4: Micro-USB Interface The main power is supplied via Micro-USB interface. Quectel provides two ways for data communication: Micro-USB and UART interface which are controlled by serial port alternation switch (S401). Both of RS232 and Micro-USB cable are necessary, if you want to use UART in order to output NEMA. So the easy way is that use Micro-USB cable which both provides the power and output NEMA.
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide 3.2. UART Interface Figure 5: UART Interface Table 3: Pins of UART Port Signal Description Receive data Transmit data L80_EVB_User_Guide Confidential / Released 11 / 20...
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide 3.4. Switches and Buttons Figure 7: Switches and Buttons Table 4: Switches and Buttons Part Name Description QUECTEL EVB supplies two communicative Serial port alternation ways: Micro-USB and UART which are controlled switch by switch.
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide 3.5. Test Point Figure 8: Test Points Table 5: The Description of Test Points Signal Description TXD1 Transmit data RXD1 Receive data RESET System reset Ground 1PPS 1 pulse per second Logic high will force module to be waked up from backup mode.
The EVB and its accessories are equipped as shown in Figure 9. Figure 9: EVB and Accessory Equipments NOTE The GPS active antenna is not included in L80EVB-KIT. It can be purchased separately by Quectel Sales Team, if it is necessary for your application. L80_EVB_User_Guide...
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Install Device Driver Please note that you need to install the driver of Micro-USB, when using Micro-USB for data communication. The driver has been stored in our FTP server. The driver of CP210x also can be downloaded from internet. The...
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Starting PowerGPS The PowerGPS version is V2.2.0. The PowerGPS tool can help user to view the status of GPS receiver conveniently. When the tool is opened, the following window will be displayed: Figure 10: PowerGPS Tool After EVB accessories are assembled, turn on the module and start up the PowerGPS.
GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Table 6: Explanations of PowerGPS Window Icon Explanation SV with PRN 20. If the position of SV is near to the centre of the Sky View, the elevation angle of SV is close to 90° . Dark blue means this satellite is in tracking.
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GPS Module L80 EVB User Guide Figure 12: MTK Command L80_EVB_User_Guide Confidential / Released 19 / 20...
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