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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! GR-86 GPS Engine Board User’s Guide March 2, 2006 Version D OUX Technology Inc. 1F, No. 30, R&D Rd. II, Hsinchu City 300, Science-based Indu...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................3 2. Main Fea...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 1. Introduction HOLUX GR-86 Ver D is a high performance, low power consumption, small size, very easy integrated GPS module designed for a broad ...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 3. Technical Specifications 3.1. Electrical Characteristics 3.1.1 General 1). Frequency:L1, 1575.42 MHz. 2). C/A code:1.023 MHz chip rate. 3). Ch...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 3.1.8 Serial Port 1). Two full duplex serial communication, CMOS 3V interface, with user selectable baud rate (4800-Default, 9600, 19200, 38400) ...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 4. Software Interface The GR-86 interface protocol is based on the National Marine Electronics Association's NMEA 0183 ASC interface specificatio...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 4.1.1 Global Positioning System Fix Data (GGA) Table 4-2 contains the values for the following example: $GPGGA,161229.487,3723.2475,N,12158.3416,...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! $GPGLL,3723.2475,N,12158.3416,W,161229.487,A*2C Table 4-4 GLL Data Format Name Example Units Description Message ID $GPGLL GLL protocol header La...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Table 4-6 Mode 1 Value Description M Manual—forced to operate in 2D or 3D mode A 2DAutomatic—allowed to automatically switch 2D/3D Table 4-7 Mode...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 4.1.5 Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data (RMC) Table 4-9 contains the values for the following example: $GPRMC,161229.487,A,3723.2475,N,12158...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Reference M Magnetic(1) Speed 0.13 knots Measured horizontal speed Units N Knots Speed 0.2 km/hr Measured horizontal speed Units K Kilometers per...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Table 4-12 ZDA Data Format Name Example Units Description Message ID $GPZDA ZDA protocol header UTC Time 181813 Either using valid IONO/UTC or es...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 4.3 . Manufacturing Default Parameter Com A Com B Input protocol NMEA RTCM SC-104 Output protocol NMEA None Baud rate 4800 9600 Parity None Stop ...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 5. Mechanical Dimensions 5.1. GR-86 outline Picture Outline Drawing (5,24) (8.5,24) 3.5 mm. 0.2 mm. 24.0 mm. (0,13) (24,13) 5.0 mm. (16,0) (21,0)...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Recommend PCB layout HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Rd.II, Hsin-Chu City 300, Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan TEL: 886-3-6687000...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 5.2 Pin assignment Table 5-1 is pin list of the 20-pin Interface Connector. Table 5-1 Pin Pin Name Type Function description 1 GND PWR Ground 2 R...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 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 o...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 4) Open “GPSViewer” on PC, as Fig. 6.3. (Fig. 6.3) 5) The following window is show after executing 6) GPSViewer, as Fig. 6.4. (Fig. 6.4) 7) Setup...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! 8) Select “GPS Status” to show the satellite diagram like below, as Fig. 6.8. (Fig. 6.8) HOLUX Technology, Inc. 1F, No.30, R&D Rd.II, Hsin-Ch...
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GPS Product series With HOLUX, You never lose the way! Appendix A : Reference Design Fig A-1 is GR-86 connects to RS-232 transceiver solutions intended for portable or hand-held applications such as n...