Seeed Studio Grove - GPS (Air530),GPS location, Long-distance
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Seeed Studio Grove - GPS (Air530),GPS location, Long-distance
Confused about your GPS not working well in urban or outsides under only one or a few satellite module? Then you should not miss our new Grove-GPS (Air530). It’s a high-performance, highly integrated multi-mode satellite positioning and navigation module to use with Arduino. It supports GPS / Beidou / Glonass / Galileo / QZSS / SBAS, which makes it suitable for GNSS positioning applications such as car navigation, smart wear, and drone. Meanwhile, this module is capable of receiving more than 6 satellites at the same time and is able to work excellently even if there's a very bad signal.
Feature
- Highly Integrated Multi-mode Satellite Positioning: Multi-mode satellite positioning & navigation and support more than 6 satellites at the same time
- High precision Positioning: Positioning error within 10 meters,and the position still quickly and accurately under the condition of bad signal
- The Integrated Design of RF Baseband: Adopt the integrated design of RF baseband, which integrates DC/DC, LDO, LNA, RF front-end, baseband processing, 32-bit RISC based chip, RAM, FLASH storage, RTC, and power management functions
- Low Power Consumption: Low power consumption at only 31uA
- High Compatibility: Compatible hard/soft interface for other modules
Grove – GPS Module vs Grove – GPS (Air530)
| Specs | Grove – GPS Module | Grove – GPS (Air530) |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 40mm x 20mm x 13mm | 40mm x 20mm x 13mm |
| Update Rate | 1Hz, max 10Hz | – |
| Baud Rate | 9,600 – 115,200 | 9600 –921600 |
| Navigation Sensitivity | -160dBm | –166dBm |
| Power Requirements | 3.3/5V | 3.3/5V |
| Number of Channels | 22 tracking, 66 channels | – |
| Time to first start | Cold start: 13s Warm start: 1-2s Hot start: <1s |
Cold start: 30 seconds Warm Start: 4 seconds |
| Antennas | Antenna included | Antenna included |
| Accuracy | 2.5m GPS Horizontal Position Accuracy | 2.5m Horizontal positioning accuracy |
Specification
| parameters | values | |
|---|---|---|
| Supply voltage | 3.3V/5V | |
| Working current | up to 60mA | |
| Interface | UART | |
| Time of warm start | 4s | |
| Time of cold boot | 30s | |
| Working Temperature | -35C-85°C | |
| Storage Temperature | -55°C-100°C | |
| Humidity | 5%-95% | |
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Time of Positioning |
Pure hardware cold start | 27.5s |
| Pure hardware hot start | <1S | |
| Pure hardware recapture | <1S | |
| Software-assisted A-GNSS | <5S | |
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Sensitivity |
Cold start | -148dBm |
| Hot Start | -162dBm | |
| Recapture | -164dBm | |
| Track | -166dBm | |
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Accuracy |
Horizontal positioning accuracy | 2.5m |
| High positioning accuracy | 3.5m | |
| Speed accuracy | 0.1m/s | |
| Time transfer accuracy | 30ns | |
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Consumption |
Capture current value@3.3V | 42.6mA |
| Tracking current value@3.3V | 36.7mA | |
| Low power mode@3.3V | 0.85mA | |
| Ultra-low-power mode@3.3V | 31uA | |
Pinout
Applications
- GPS tracker
- GPS navigation
- Distance measurement
- Car navigation
- Drone
Part list
| Items | Values |
|---|---|
| GPS (Air 530) board | 1 |
| Grove cable | 1 |
Cautions
- The input power supply voltage of Grove power supply interface, should not exceed 5.6V, otherwise it may damage the device.
- The voltage of the selected button battery should not exceed 3V, or it will probably damage the device.
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