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Specifications

Electrical

Input voltage:

GPS 16 LVS: 3.3 to 6 Vdc regulated to <100 mV ripple
GPS 16 HVS: 8 to 40 Vdc unregulated

Input current:

GPS 16 LVS: 65 mA (typical)
GPS 16 HVS: 60 mA @ 8 Vdc; 40 mA @ 12 Vdc;
15 mA @ 40 Vdc

Sensitivity: –165 dBW minimum

Performance

Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Acquisition Times:*

  • Reacquisition: Less than 2 seconds
  • Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
  • Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
  • AutoLocate®: Approximately 5 minutes
  • SkySearch: 5 minutes 

Update Rate: 1 to 900 seconds between updates; programmable in 1-second increments

GPS accuracy:

  • Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical**
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (USCG) accuracy:

  • Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:

  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical**
  • Velocity: .1 knot RMS steady state

Dynamics: 999 knots, 6g's

Map datums: 108 predefined, 1 user

Interfaces

Serial interface:

  • Port 1: True RS-232 output, asynchronous serial input compatible with RS-232 or TTL voltage levels, RS-232 polarity
  • Port 2: Asynchronous serial input only, compatible with RS-232 or TTL voltage levels, RS-232 polarity

Baud rates: 300/600/1200/2400/4800/9600/19200/38400

Serial interface:

  • Port 1: Selectable between NMEA 0183 v2.00, NMEA 0183 v3.00, and Garmin binary formats; NMEA 0183 v2.0 (ASCII); Approved output sentences: GPALM, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPVTG; Proprietary sentences: PGRMB, PGRME, PGRMF, PGRMM, PGRMT, PGRMV
  • Port 2: RTCM input only; RTCM SC-104 differential input message types 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9

PPS output: 1 Hz pulse, programmable width, 1 microsecond accuracy

Power control:

  • OFF — open
  • ON — pull down to less than 0.3 Vdc

Environmental

Temperature:

  • Operating: –30° to 80°C
  • Storage: –40° to 80°C

Physical

Size: 3.58" (91 mm) diameter, 1.65" (42 mm) high

Weight:

  • 6.4 oz. (181 g) without cable
  • 11.7 oz. (332 g) with 5 meter cable

Cable: Foil-shielded 8 conductor 28 AWG RJ-45


* Warm = all data known. Cold = position, time and almanac known.

AutoLocate = almanac known, position and time unknown. SkySearch = no data known.

** Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the U.S. Department of Defense-imposed Selective Availability Program.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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