Novatel OM-20000077 user manual Introduction, Superstar II GPS Card

Chapter 1

Introduction

The SUPERSTAR II, see Figure 1 below, is a quality GPS receiver for embedded applications. The SUPERSTAR II has robust signal tracking capability even under difficult signal conditions.

The SUPERSTAR II is a complete GPS OEM sensor that provides 3D navigation on a single compact board with full differential capability. The SUPERSTAR II is a 12-channel GPS receiver that tracks all in-view satellites. It is fully autonomous such that once power is applied, the SUPERSTAR II automatically searches, acquires and tracks GPS satellites. SUPERSTAR II receivers also have Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) capability, for example WAAS and EGNOS. When a sufficient number of satellites are tracked with valid measurements, the SUPERSTAR II produces a 3-D position and velocity output with an associated figure of merit (FOM).

Figure 1: SUPERSTAR II Receiver

This L1 GPS receiver is available in 2 formats:

•as an OEM board

•within the FlexPak-SSII enclosure

1.1SUPERSTAR II GPS Card

The main features of the SUPERSTAR II are:

•Decodes differential corrections encoded in the RTCM message format

•Twelve channel correlator for all-in-view satellite tracking

•Single chip RF front end

•SBAS support

•Active, and passive, antenna support

•Single 5V power input

•Complete L1 GPS receiver and navigator on a single compact board

•Two general purpose input lines

•One general purpose input/output (GPIO) line

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