Galileo GPS chip w/ acquisition time less than 1 sec
Published on September 27th, 2006 in gps navigation, misc news
u-blox announced the u-blox 5 family of GPS and Galileo-ready single chips and chipsets featuring an acquisition performance of under 1 second. The new chips feature SuperSense -160 dBm acquisition and tracking sensitivity, power needs of less than 50 mW and a footprint smaller than 100 mm2, making u-blox 5 receivers ideal for PDAs, personal navigation devices, cameras, cell phones, media players and other battery-operated portable devices.
The chips’ software contains an innovative jamming suppression mechanism that automatically filters signals from interfering sources, thus maintaining high GPS performance no matter what the environment. A built-in multipath detection and elimination mechanism endows u-blox 5 chips with best-in-class navigation in urban canyons.
We can easily say we are on the right track for integrating a GPS chip into every single electronics device!!! That may not necessarily be such a great thing for privacy though.
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