Delaware-based RFOXiA has launched a crowdfunding marketing campaign for an ultra-compact place and timing module, constructed across the u-blox MIA-M10Q and with a high-efficiency chip antenna for an all-in-one design: the MultiNav Professional+.
“Our MultiNav Professional+ [is] the world most refined synchronous GNSS [Global Navigation Satellite System] system, leveraging probably the most superior RF know-how,” claims RFOXiA’s chief govt officer and founder, Moamen Mohamed, of the corporate’s compact module. “It is totally built-in, able to be a part of your design, tremendous compact 19×23mm [around 0.75×0.91″], energy environment friendly, [and] helps normal UART and I2C interfaces.”
The module is constructed across the u-blox MIA-M10Q GNSS chip, giving it the power to obtain knowledge from GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou constellations concurrently with a configurable polling fee as much as 18Hz. To this, RFOXiA has added the SYNZHEN SZC-C-1G18 chip antenna, providing a claimed 3.1dBi peak acquire with over 75 per cent effectivity. That is then linked to RFOXiA’s micro-strip bandpass filter, a patented design which makes use of PCB traces to keep away from the necessity for cumbersome discrete filters.
RFOXiA is supplying the module with an open-source C-language library, suitable with NMEA protocol management instructions, which Mohamed describes as “tremendous simple” to make use of with the Arduino IDE or every other toolchain for integrating the module into microcontroller and single-board laptop (SBC) initiatives.
The module connects to a bunch controller through UART or SPI, with a C library supplied. (📷: RFOXiA)
Without having for an exterior antenna and its small dimension, the corporate positions the half as perfect for every part from weight-sensitive drones to wearable initiatives, promising 1.5m (round 5′) accuracy earlier than correction knowledge is utilized.
RFOXiA is now funding manufacturing of the boards on Kickstarter, with rewards beginning at $69 for a single MultiNav Professional+ — early fowl pricing obtainable solely to the primary 200 backers. {Hardware} is predicted to ship in December this 12 months, the corporate has confirmed.
