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1 Table of contents
1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... 3
2 ASTERX-M2 OEM .......................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Mounting .................................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Environmental ......................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Power and Power Consumption ............................................................................ 7
2.4 RF Interface .............................................................................................................. 8
2.4.1 Electrical Specifications .......................................................................................... 8
2.4.2 System Noise Figure and C/N0 .............................................................................. 9
2.5 I/O Connectors ....................................................................................................... 11
2.5.1 30-pin Connector .................................................................................................. 12
2.5.2 60-pin connector................................................................................................... 13
2.6 External Frequency Reference Input (REF IN) .................................................... 15
2.7 Event/TimeSync inputs ......................................................................................... 15
2.8 General Purpose Output (GPx) ............................................................................ 15
2.9 Standby Mode ........................................................................................................ 16
2.10 SD Memory Card Usage ........................................................................................ 16
2.11 USB Interface ......................................................................................................... 17
2.12 Ethernet .................................................................................................................. 17
3 DEVELOPMENT KIT .................................................................................................... 19
3.1 Header Types ......................................................................................................... 19
3.2 Powering the DevKit ............................................................................................. 19
3.3 Antenna Connectors ............................................................................................. 20
3.4 LEDs and General Purpose Output Pins ............................................................. 21
3.5 COM Ports ............................................................................................................... 21
3.6 PPS Out and Event Inputs ..................................................................................... 22
3.7 Ethernet .................................................................................................................. 23