GPS 17
GPS 17
GPS 17
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internal 6.8 V transient zener diode and a positive temperature coefficient thermistor protect from transients and
over-voltages. With voltages greater than 6.8 VDC the zener will draw several amps of current through the thermistor,
causing it to heat rapidly and eventually power the unit off, unless an external fuse blows first. When proper supply
voltages are returned, the thermistor will cool and allow the GPS 16LVS to operate. The CMOS/TTL output buffers are
powered by Vin; therefore, a 3.3 VDC supply will create 3.3 V logic output levels. GPS 16HVS, GPS 16A, GPS 17HVS, &
GPS 17N: Vin can be an unregulated 6.0 VDC (8.0 VDC for GPS 16A and GPS 17N) to 40 VDC, optimized for 12
VDC. Typical operating power is 800 mW. This voltage drives a switching regulator with a nominal 5.0 VDC output,
which powers the internal linear regulators, and the CMOS output buffers.
(N/A for GPS 16A) External Power Control Input. Active (ON) if less than 0.3 VDC. Inactive (OFF) if open-circuit. 51 kΩ
internal pull-up resistor to the voltage on the POWER input. Activation of this input powers the internal
regulators off and drops the supply current below 20mA in the GPS 16LVS, and below 1 mA in the GPS 16HVS, GPS
17HVS, and GPS 17N. This input is intended to be driven by an open-collector output.
First Serial Asynchronous Input. RS-232 compatible with maximum input voltage range -25 < V < 25. This input may
also be directly connected to standard 3 to 5 VDC CMOS logic. The low signal voltage requirement is < 0.9 V, and the
high signal voltage requirement is > 2.1 V. Maximum load impedance is 4.7 kΩ. This input may be used to receive serial
initialization/ configuration data as specified in Section 4.1 Received NMEA 0183 Sentences.
First Serial Asynchronous Output. This RS-232 compatible (TTL level on GPS 16A and GPS 17N) output normally
provides serial data which is formatted per NMEA 0183, Version 3.0. This output is also capable of outputting phase
data information, see Appendix C for details. The NMEA 0183 baud rate is switchable in the range of 300 to 19200
baud (38400 for GPS 16A). The default baud rate is 19200 for GPS 16A and 4800 for all other products.
Second Serial Asynchronous Input, electrically identical to PORT 1 DATA IN. This input may be used to receive serial
differential GPS data formatted per RTCM SC-104 Recommended Standards For Differential Navstar GPS Service,
8 Violet PORT 2 DATA OUT Version 2.2 (see Section 4.5 Received RTCM Data for details).
(N/A for GPS 16A) Second Serial Asynchronous Output, electrically identical to PORT 1 DATA OUT. Reserved for
future use.