Telit Wireless Solutions has announced the introduction of the Jupiter SE868-V2 compact multi-constellation receiver module for positioning and navigation applications in the automotive, commercial, industrial, and consumer segments, including wearable and handheld devices. The small11x11mm CSR SiRFstarV 5e-based, QFN packaged receiver module supports American Global Positioning System (GPS), Russian Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema (Glonass) and Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).
The SE868-V2 receiver module has been designed to shorten time-to-market, make the chipset-versus-module decision easy to make for new designs and to provide a pin-compatible path for devices based on the Jupiter JF2 GPS module to upgrade to the multi-constellation support available in the market.
Jupiter SE868-V2 has the ability to track GPS and Glonass constellations. Simultaneously, it remains in navigation for a much higher percentage of time with no interruptions in the stream of position fixes. It also reduces bill-of-material (BOM) costs of the customer device with an internal low-noise amplifier (LNA) which eliminates the need for costly active antennas.
Dominikus Hierl, CMO, Telit Wireless Solutions, said, "The Jupiter SE868-V2 is one the industry’s first applications of CSR’s latest generation and state-of-the-art, multi-GNSS platform, the CSR SiRFstarV 5e. Announcing this product here at CTIA 2013 reaffirms Telit’s leading R&D power in the industry when we can launch a product like the V2 before most competitors sharing similar long-standing presence in the positioning space."
The SE868-V2 also features very low-power consumption as well as advanced power-saving modes. It operates on a 1.8V supply at 3.2 mA current when in push-to-fix (PTF) mode and up to 45 mA typical current when engaged in simultaneous GPS and Glonass tracking.
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