Archive for December, 2009
« Previous EntriesUS Air Force Wants You To Stop Blaming GPS Satellites (Gizmodo Australia)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009The US Air Force isn’t happy with some of the stories about the couple who got lost in the woods after following their 4WD’s GPS. For some reason, a lot of people keep blaming innocent GPS satellites for the whole mess. (more…)
2 arrested following theft of GPS device in Rockland (The Patriot Ledger)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Two men were arrested early Thursday morning for allegedly stealing a GPS device from a car in a Rockland parking lot.
GPS Leaves Couple Stranded in Oregon Snow (Business Fleet)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009A Nevada couple was misled by their Toyota Sequoia’s GPS unit and ended up stuck for three days in the Winema-Fremont National Forest in eastern Oregon.
GPS RF Antenna Module suits small portable applications. (ThomasNet)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Operating on single 3.6 V positive bias supply, flash-based M10295/M10300 GPS RADIONOVA® RF Antenna Modules are based on MStar MSB2122 Poseidon GPS receiver IC. Model M10295, designed for low-profile planar mounting, integrates all front-end components in 28 x 13 x 4.7 mm package and also incorporates antenna switch with built-in current sensing. Incorporating all front-end components in 25 x 8 …
Low-Noise Amplifiers offer 0.8 dB GPS receive sensitivity. (ThomasNet)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Model MAX2657 utilizes 4 mA operating supply current, while MAX2658 consumes 7.7 mA. Both 1,575 MHz low-noise amplifiers offer 0.8 dB noise figure and are designed for GPS-enabled applications operating in 1,575 MHz band. They include logic-enabled shutdown mode that reduces supply current to less than 1 µA. Contained in 6-pin, 0.4 mm pitch WLP package, they operate from 1.6-3.3 V supply over …