Swift Navigation has released its first GPS receiver, named Piksi.
Piksi is a low-cost, high-performance GPS receiver with real-time kinematic (RTK) functionality for centimeter-level relative positioning accuracy.
Its small form factor, fast position-solution update rate, and low-power consumption make Piksi ideal for integration into autonomous vehicles and portable surveying equipment. An open-source architecture with a high-performance DSP on-board and our flexible correlation accelerator make it the perfect platform for GNSS research.
Piksi is designed for autonomous vehicle guidance, such as formation flight and autonomous landing; GPS/GNSS research; and surveying systems.
Features include:
- Centimeter-accurate relative positioning (carrier phase RTK)
- 50-Hz position/velocity/time solutions
- Open-source software and board design
- Low power consumption (-500 mW typical)
- Small form factor (-53 x 53 mm)
- USB and dual UART connectivity
- Integrated patch antenna and external antenna input
- Full-rate raw sample pass-through over USB
- 3-bit, 16.368 MS/s L1 front-end supports GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and SBAS signals