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News from the Royal Institute of Navigation:

“Russian company NAVIA claims the world’s smallest GPS/GLONASS (and Galileo one day) receiver module.

The ML8088s measures 13 x 15 x 3 mm and boasts high sensitivity, simple 3.3V low power requirements and a very short cold start.

The chip – requiring no external components for basic operation – provides geographic coordinates and velocity plus time via RS232 or USB ports.

The receiver has 2 ‘searching’ and 32 parallel channels, each capable of operating on GLONASS L1, GPS L1 or Galileo E1. It also incorporates a 3-state jammer barrier feature, which claims to allow it to operate in a high interference environment.

Sensitivity ranges from minima of -145 dBm for cold start to -158 dBm whilst tracking. Time to first fix varies from 35 s cold start to 1 s on recapture.

Claimed internal accuracy (67%) is 3 m in the horizotal and 4 m vertical, with time (70%) to 20 ns. Max velocity is 515 m/s (1,000 kt) and max acceleration 3 g. Max height is 18,000 m (59,000 ft).

The ML8088s is based on an ARM microprocessor core, made in Cambridge, UK. Samples of the receiver module are now available.”

News >> Navia ML8088s GLONASS module now operates via USB

Navia ML8088s GLONASS module now operates via USB. You can see the full description of USB interface in ML8088s documentation.

The USB driver and installation instructions are available on request.

News >> Finally a samples of ML8088s available

Finally a samples of ML8088s available. Today it is most smallest GLONASS/GPS module with 13mm x 15mm size.

General advantages (besides of small dimension) are high sensitivity, one standard power supply +3.3V, low power consumption, very short cold start. Module do not need any external components for base functionality!