Archives by Tag 'Components'

GPS module with embedded antenna UP501

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Sunday, November 27, 2011

UP501 GPS module with embedded GPS antenna
The GPS module enables high performance navigation and tracking. In the most stringent applications and solid fix even in harsh GPS visibility environments.
The UP501 GPS module with embedded antenna is perfectly proper for navigation systems,  tracking devices and battery operated consumer products like personal navigation devices, hand-held computers and [...]

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SL868 GPS receiver on SiRF Star IV

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The new GPS receiver SL868, based on SiRF Star IV chip-set is targeted to assist companies to easily integrate GPS functionally into their products. This enables to reduce the development times and cost by using a complete, small form factor, low power and ready to integrate GPS module SL865 to the customer application.
GPS receiver SL868 [...]

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SE868 GPS module on SiRF Star IV

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The new GPS module SE868, based on SiRF Star IV chip-set is targeted to assist companies to easily integrate GPS functionality to their products. Development times and costs are reduced by using a complete, small form factor, low power and ready to integrate GPS module SE868 to the customer application.
GPS module SE868 features
11×11 mm, 32-pad, [...]

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GL865-Quad GPRS module

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The GL865-Quad is a tiny GSM/GPRS module (24×24×2.8 mm only). GL865-QuAD is a quad band  GSM/GPRS module in LCC package. It offers ultra low power consumption and an extended temperature range.
The small size enables the design of tiny M2M applications. By saving the board to board connectors the BOM (Bill of [...]

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What will be the power consumption of the GSM GPS Glonass tracker?

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Friday, June 24, 2011

The power consumption is from nearly 1 uA to 480 mA in average. The 1 uA we get if we create an asset tracker behind oil on canvas. The asset tracker will wait for an event all the time. The 480 mA we get by GPRS class 10 in GSM power level with TX output [...]

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6LoWPAN module on 868/915 MHz with IPsec security

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Thursday, June 9, 2011

The 6LoWPAN module enables secure low-power wireless IPv6 communication for sensors and small devices. It comes with user-programmable, royalty-free 6LoWPAN stack with mesh routing capability. 6LoWPAN is an Internet Engineering Task Force standard to develop wireless, low-power sensors and devices on IP communication. Your low-power network on 6LoWPAN can easily be integrated into an existing [...]

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The smallest GPS module with embedded GPS antenna?

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Friday, June 3, 2011

Is that really the smallest GPS module with embedded GPS antenna?
GPS module Unique Features

Extremely tiny form factor 9.6 x 14.0 x 1.95 mm -> I found no smaller GPS module
Low power consumption: 68 mW@ 1.8 V -> I found no other GPS module with lower power consumption
Only 125uA in average consumption -> I found no [...]

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Will Google´s Open Source Radio protocol on 6LoWPAN replace ZigBee and Z-Wave?

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Google promised to release open source code for a 868/915 MHz wireless mesh protocol. It will be a low cost alternative to Zigbee or Z-Wave. It shall require less than 16 Kbytes RAM and 32 Kbytes flash. The target of the bill of material is 30 percent less than Zigbee Pro. The Google protocol will [...]

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CR95HF – transceiver IC for NFC – Near Field Communication

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, May 23, 2011

The CR95HF manages the frame coding and decoding in Reader mode for standard applications such as NFC, proximity and vicinity standards. It embeds the Analog Front End for 13.56 MHz Air Interface and supports relevant protocols.
In Healthcare it can be used to read information from medical devices or program the configuration memory through standard NFC/RFID [...]

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Arduino Mega GSM GPRS GPS Shield

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

… the extension module for GSM / GPRS and GPS

Arduino Mega GSM GPRS GPS kit including:

GSM/GPRS/GPS-Shield
Arduino board “Mega 2560″
GSM antenna
GPS antenna as patch on shield
Accessories for rework
Power supply

Software pack (available for download) including:

A library to use the GSM/GPRS/GPS-Shield
Example program for usage of the GSM and GPS module
Design and schematic of the Arduino board and [...]

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