Flex On 'Em With These GNSS Boards!
Today, we introduce new GNSS Flex pHATs and modules!
Hello everyone and welcome back to a brand new Friday Product Post here at SparkFun Electronics! This week, we are excited to present to you a brand new line of GNSS products: Flex pHATs and Flex Modules that allow you to adjust your PNT needs on the fly. Two GNSS modules are available with this new pHAT separately or as a kit; the mosaic-X5 and the LG290P. Simply attach these modules to the GNSS Flex pHAT to equip your Raspberry Pi or other 40-pin single board computer with ultra-precise GNSS hardware. Let's take a closer look!
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The SparkFun GNSS Flex pHAT is a Raspberry Pi pHAT that functions as a carrier board for our SparkPNT GNSS Flex modules. With pre-soldered headers, no soldering is required to stack the pHAT on the headers of a Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson Nano, Google Coral, or other single-board computer with a similar 40-pin header.
SparkPNT GNSS Flex Modules are plug-in boards featuring different high-precision GNSS receivers. They are designed to be easily swapped for repairs and pin-compatible for upgrades. The mosaic-X5 and LG290P boards have two 2x10-pin, 2mm pitch female headers connecting to carrier boards. Using a standardized pinout for the GNSS receiver, these pins break out the interfaces and event signals.
The SparkFun mosaic-X5 GNSS Flex pHAT gets you the GNSS Flex pHAT with the mosaic-X5 Flex module so you can hit the ground running with your next PNT project. The pHAT is designed to interface with a Raspberry Pi or comparable single-board computers via a 40-pin header and acts as a carrier board for the GNSS Flex Module. The GNSS Flex system employs a modular design based on two 2x10-pin, 2mm pitch headers, ensuring pin compatibility across boards for simplified upgrades and repairs.
The mosaic-X5 is a sophisticated module with an internal web server that can be utilized with any web browser. On the GNSS Flex module, the web server is accessed through either the USB data pins from the standard GNSS Flex headers or the Ethernet PHY of the mosaic-X5, which is broken out on a third 2x10-pin, 2mm pitch female header.
Meanwhile, the SparkFun LG290P GNSS Flex pHAT comes with the SparkPNT LG290P GNSS Flex Module. The GNSS Flex system employs a modular design based on two 2x10-pin, 2mm pitch headers, ensuring pin compatibility across boards for simplified upgrades and repairs.
The SparkPNT GNSS LG290P Flex module features the Quectel LG290P receiver. The LG290P module is a quad-band, multi-constellation, high-precision, RTK GNSS receiver. The module can simultaneously receive signals from the L1, L2, L5, and L6/E6 frequency bands of the GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BDS, QZSS, and NavIC GNSS constellations. In addition, the module supports SBAS augmentation systems (WASS, EGNOS, BDSBAS, MSAS, GAGAN, and SDCM), RTCM, and RTK corrections for precision navigation with a fast convergence time and reliable performance.
That's it for this week at SparkFun. As always, we can't wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or let us know on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. Please be safe out there, be kind to one another! Happy hacking!
