OverviewAll product unitsProduct unitWireless Connectivity & SensorsProduct groupRadio ModulesProduct familyPositioning & Timing (GNSS/GPS)

Areas of Application

  • Tracking and navigation devices
  • Container localization
  • Fleet management
  • Location support for rescue
  • Cartography
  • Autonomous agricultural machines
  • Geotagging for digital cameras
  • Animal tracking
  • Time reference for worldwide events/ machine synchronization

GNSS

GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) is a system, which provides positioning and time synchronizationcapabilities to an unlimited number of users worldwide. The system is based on signals from the following four satellite constellations.
Signals from the different constellations can coexist on the same frequency bands. Each GNSS providesdifferent signals and services over these frequency bands with different access policies. For example, opensignals on the L1 frequency band are mostly used for civil commercial applications.

GNSS Frequency Bands
GNSS Frequency Bands

Wireless Operation of the GNSS Evaluation Board

✓ The board provides several power options (USB, battery, external supply).
✓ Allows testing the GNSS module without cable connection between its evaluation board and the host PC.
✓ An adapted version of Thyone-I RF module is implemented. GNSS module is talking directly (without further µC) to Thyone-I.
✓ Messages coming from the GNSS module are delivered via UART to the Thyone-I module on the evaluation board.
✓ The Thyone-I module on the evaluation board broadcasts all arriving messages.
✓ Other Thyone-I units (e.g. our USB stick) in the area receive the messages.
✓ If these Thyone-I units are connected to a host PC, WENSS allows communicating with the GNSS module.
✓ Eval Board can be placed outside for evaluating in real conditions and the host is located indoor.