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GPS

High quality GPS receivers

Thursday 27 November 2008

Fastrax (distributed by Glyn in Australia) has introduced the Fastrax UP500 module based on the MT3318 GPS chipset by MediaTek.


Automotive qualified GPS single-chip receiver IC

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Atmel (distributed in Australia by Braemac) has announced the availability of two automotive-grade GPS devices featuring good navigation performance.


New LabVIEW toolkit for GPS receiver testing

Thursday 17 July 2008

National Instruments has announced the GPS Toolkit for LabVIEW, an extension of the graphical system design environment that expands the NI RF PXI platform to include multi-satellite GPS signal simulation.


GPS amplifier (LNA)

Friday 04 July 2008

ASD Technology has released a new series of low noise filtered L-Band LNA's from Orban Microwave Products.


SiGe launches dual-antenna input GPS receiver IC

Monday 30 June 2008

SiGe Semiconductor has released the SE4150L GPS radio receiver featuring dual-antenna input capability for next-generation GPS systems.


Pure software GPS solution

Tuesday 17 June 2008

Fastrax Ltd, available through GLYN High-Tech Distribution, has introduced a software-based GPS receiver solution, with the aim of extending the use of location-based services in consumer electronics.


Traffic solution

Thursday 12 June 2008

La Trobe University double-degree honours graduate Graham Rivers-Brown says he can fix Victoria’s traffic gridlock for $120 a vehicle using a battery-powered, wireless data-management system the size of two-and-a-half matchboxes.


Navigation systems

Wednesday 19 March 2008

STMICROELECTRONICS has announced that its Cartesio automotive-grade application processor System-on-Chip (SoC) with embedded GPS is to be used by Garmin inside a range of navigation systems including the nüvi 205.


Development kit

Monday 17 March 2008

IMSYS has announced the IM3240 development kit for use with the IEEE1588 which together can leverage the accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and its ability to provide precise time. The products, showing slave accuracies of 15 nanoseconds using sub-dollar clock oscillators, can now be a


Single-chip

Monday 29 October 2007

STMicroelectronics introduced its new automotive-grade application processor with embedded GPS for navigation and telematics. The Cartesio processor perfectly couples with ST’s GPS RF chip (STA5620), creating a unique offering that significantly reduces the form factor and bill-of-materials with no


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