GPS World, February 2014

THE BUSINESS GNSS NovAtel Supplies Reference Receivers for IRNSS Ground Segment NovAtel has signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO to supply reference receiver products for use in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS ground segment India based Elcome Technologies Pvt Limited a sister company to NovAtel in the Hexagon Group of Companies will provide local integration training and technical support services for the NovAtel receivers The receivers are based on NovAtels G III reference receiver platform the same platform used for the Third Generation WAAS Reference Receiver WAAS G III which will monitor the GPS signals for the FAAs modernized Wide Area Augmentation System network The NovAtel G III reference receiver CORPORATE LEADERSHIP Hemisphere GNSS Names Chuck Joseph President and CEO Hemisphere GNSS Inc has named Chuck Joseph president and chief executive officer replacing Phil Gabriel Joseph has also been appointed to the Hemisphere GNSS board of directors Joseph has more than 30 years of executive leadership across multiple industries serving in corporate officer and board of director capacities He has extensive experience in GNSS OEM and direct sales market segments including survey and mapping GIS machine control marine avionics personal mobile navigation and tracking systems Before joining Hemisphere GNSS Joseph served as president and chief operating officer of nusola Inc an energy technology company he cofounded and where he continues to serve as executive chairman of the board Joseph has been senior vice president and general manager of Immersion Corporation a tactile feedback technology company CHUCK JOSEPH focused on GPS centric mobile and industrial applications corporate vice president of marketing and sales for Magellan Corporation and executive vice president and general manager of Trimble Navigation ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING SkyTraq Seeks Crowdfunding for GPS BeiDou Development Board SkyTraq Technology is undertaking a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to explore if there is sufficient interest in applying GPS GNSS processor technology beyond traditional ways by offering NavSpark a small powerful thumb sized 32 bit microcontroller development board with GPS GNSS receiver as an onboard peripheral With a price approaching an 8 bit microcontroller development board the GPS GNSS receiver is effectively provided to investors free of charge The NavSpark BD model has a GPS BeiDou receiver onboard The developers are seeking 27000 in funding by February 6 See http bit ly 1dBpits www gpsworld com February 2014 GPS World 15 Cold start3 Warm start4 Re acqui sition5 No of ports Port type Baud rate Operating temperature degrees Celsius Power source Power consumption Watts Antenna type6 Description or Comments 60 s 30 s 15 s 3 56 OXHWRRWK 5DGLR QWHQQD 86 OXHWRRWK GPRS 850 900 1800 0 WR H W 26W QWHUQDO RPSDFW 166 5HFHLYHU 60 s 30 s 15 s 5 56 QWHQQD 356 QWHQQD 5DGLR QWHQQD LAN 2400 460800 WR H W 26W WHUQDO 166 6HQVRU ZLWK 3 RQWURO 8WLOLW DQG HE 8VHU QWHUIDFH 60 s 35 s 15 s 3 56 OXHWRRWK 5DGLR QWHQQD 86 OXHWRRWK GPRS 850 900 1800 0 WR H W 26W QWHUQDO RPSDFW 166 5HFHLYHU