u-blox ANTARIS 4 - Preface; How to use this Manual

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your position is our focus
I Preface
The ANTARIS
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4 System Integration Manual provides the necessary information to successfully design in and
configuretheseANTARIS
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basedGPSreceivers.Thechapterbelowhelpsyoutonavigatethismanualandtofind
theinformationyouarelookingforasquicklyaspossible.
I.1 How to use this Manual
Thismanualhasamodularstructure.Itisnotnecessarytoreadfromthebeginningtotheend.
Focus on sections remarked with forANTARIS
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4ifyouarefamiliarwithANTARIS
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technology.
Skip Section 1 if you are already familiar with GPS but in any case read the Receiver Description in Section 4
carefully. It not only provides an overview about the features and benefits of ANTARIS
®
4 GPS technology but
alsocontainsthenecessaryinformationrequiredtofullyexploitthebenefitsofthispowerfulGPStechnology.
Inordertohelpyou infindingtheinformationyouneed,weprovideabriefsectionoverview.Youwillfindthe
tableofcontentsatthebeginningandtheindex(
page 178),listoffigures(page 180)andthelistoftables(page
182)attheendofthisdocument.
1. GPSFundamentals
ThischapterprovidesanoverviewovertheGPSsystemandfunctionality.Thereisveryusefulinformation
aboutthedifferentantennatypesavailableonthemarketandhowto
reduceinterferenceinyourdesign
containingaGPSreceiver.
2. SystemConsideration
Thischapterhelpstodecidewhichreceiverisfittingthebest.ItexplainsthedifferenceaboutLowCost-,
Programmable,SuperSense
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GPSandDRenabledreceiversandthetwoavailableformfactorsTIMandLEA.
3. Design-In
ThischapterprovidesallDesign-Ininformationforasuccessfuldesignandoffersguidelinesformigrationto
ANTARIS
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4designs.
4. ReceiverDescription
ThischapterdescribesthefunctionofANTARIS
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4GPSTechnologyfornavigationandpositioning.Italso
providesinformationonhowtoconnectandimplementanANTARIS
®
4GPSreceiverinauserapplication.It
includesaminimalconfigurationschematicaswellasoneincorporatingoptionalfunctions.
5. ProductHandling
Thischapterdefinespackaging,handling,shipment,storageandsoldering.
6. ProductTesting
ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttestingofOEMreceiversinproduction.
7. PCSupportTools
This
chapterdescribesourveryusefulPCsupporttools(e.g.u-center)andhowtoinstallandusethem.
8. Troubleshooting
Thischaptergivesusefulhints,whenyoursystemisnotrunningasexpected.
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GPSModules-SystemIntegrationManual(SIM)(incl.ReferenceDesign) Preface
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