
confidential information preliminary specification
© GNS-GmbH 2014
V 0.1, Oct 6 2014
2 INDEX
1 INTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
2 INDEX --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
3 DETAILED FEATURES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
3.1 GPS Features --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
4 BLOCK DIAGRAM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
5 I/O REQUIREMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4
5.1 I/O levels ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
6 GPS characteristics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
6.1 Automatic Power Management (APM) feature ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
6.2 Push to fix (PTF) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6
6.3 Pulse Per Second (PPS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
6.4 Fix Available ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
6.5 GPS Antenna ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
7 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
7.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8
7.2 Recommended Operating Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
8 DEVICE PINOUT DIAGRAM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
9 POWER MANAGEMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
10 HARDWARE HOST INTERFACE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
10.1 GPS UART Interface details ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
11 NMEA DATA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13
12 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
13 RECOMMENDED PAD LAYOUT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
14 DESIGN GUIDELINES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
14.1 Pcb layout (example: GNS502 EVB) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15
15 ORDERING INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17
16 CUSTOMER SPECIFIC FACTORY OPTIONS ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
17 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
18 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY -------------------------------------------------------------------- 20