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REFERENCE MANUAL
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Copernicus GPS Receiver
For Modules with firmware version 2.01 (or later)
Part Number 58052-00
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Corporate Office Hardware Limited Warranty Trimble Navigation Limited Trimble warrants that this Trimble hardware product (the 935 Stewart Drive “Product”) shall be free from defects in materials and Sunnyvale, CA 94085 workmanship and will substantially conform to Trimble’s U.S.A. applicable published specifications for the Product for a period Phone: +1-408-481-8000, 1-800-827-8000 of one (1) year, starting from the date of delivery. The warranty www.trimble.com set forth in this paragrap
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THE WARRANTIES ABOVE STATE TRIMBLE'S ENTIRE LIABILITY, AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES, RELATING TO PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS- IS” AND WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND BY EITHER TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED OR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ITS CREATION, PRODUCTION, INSTALLATION, OR DISTRIBUTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 1 STARTER KIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Receiver Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Starter Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Starter Kit Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents 3 INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Pin Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Detailed Pin Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents 7 MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Mechanical Outline Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Soldering the Copernicus GPS Receiver to a PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Solder mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Pad Pattern
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Table of Contents 11 FIRMWARE UPGRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Software Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Boot Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Firmware Binary File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents Command Packet 0x26 - Request Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Command Packet 0x27 - Request Signal Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Command Packet 0x2B - Initial Position (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude). . . . . . . 134 Command Packet 0x2D - Request Oscillator Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Command Packet 0x2E - Set GPS Time . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents Command Packet 8E-18 - Request Last Position or Auto Report Position in UTM Double Precision Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Command Packet 0x8E-20 - Request Last Fix with Extra Information . . . . . . . . 167 Command Packet 0x8E-26 - Non-Volatile Memory Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Command Packet 0x8E-2A - Request Fix and Channel Tracking Info, Type 1 . . . . 167 Command Packet
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Table of Contents X1 Extended Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Communication Scheme for TAIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Query for Single Sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Scheduled Reporting Frequency Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of Contents 8 Copernicus GPS Receiver
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CHAPTER 1 STARTER KIT 1 In this chapter: The Copernicus GPS module is a drop-in receiver solution that provides position, Receiver Overview velocity, and time data in a choice of three Starter Kit protocols. Antenna This chapter provides a detailed description of Quick Start Guide the starter kit components and instructions for getting started with interface, hardware setup, Trimble GPS Monitor and configuration procedures. Toolkit Copernicus GPS Receiver 5
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1 STARTER KIT Receiver Overview Trimble's Copernicus™ GPS receiver delivers proven performance and Trimble quality for a new generation of position-enabled products. The Copernicus GPS features the Trimble revolutionary TrimCore™ software technology enabling extremely fast startup times and high performance in foliage canopy, multipath and urban canyon environments. Designed for the demands of automated, pick and place, high-volume production processes, the Copernicus is a complete 12-c
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STARTER KIT 1 Starter Kit The Copernicus GPS Starter Kit provides everything you need to get started integrating state-of-the-art GPS capability into your application. The reference board provides a visual layout of the Copernicus GPS receiver on a PCB including the RF signal trace, the RF connector, and the I/O connections of the 28 signal pins. In addition, the starter kit contains a power converter, power adapter, a GPS antenna, and software to evaluate the ease with which you can ad
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1 STARTER KIT Interface Unit Inside the starter kit interface unit, the Copernicus GPS reference board sits on a shelf supported by 4 standoffs above the motherboard. The antenna transition cable is mounted to the outside of the unit and connects to the MCX connector on the reference board. An 8-wire ribbon cable interfaces the power and I/O between the reference board and motherboard. Figure 1.1 Starter Kit Interface Unit Figure 1.2 AC/DC Power Supply Converter 8 Copernicus GPS Re
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STARTER KIT 1 Figure 1.3 USB Cable Copernicus GPS Receiver 9
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1 STARTER KIT Serial Port Interface The Copernicus GPS interface unit has a dual port USB interface that is available through a single A-type USB connection. Before the starter kit can be used with a USB 2.0-equipped Microsoft Windows (2000, XP)-based PC, the appropriate USB 2.0 drivers must be installed on the PC. Loading the FTDI Driver The Copernicus GPS uses a USB 2.0 interface chip from Future Technology Devices International Ltd. (FTDI). The FTDI driver must be downloaded and insta
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STARTER KIT 1 Interface Connections Following is a description of the Copernicus GPS interface unit (numbered references correlate to numbers in the image below). 1 6 5 4 3 2 9 8 7 Figure 1.4 Front side of the Interface Unit 1. Antenna Connector The antenna connector is an MCX type connector that is intended to be used with the supplied 3.0V antenna. This interfaces to the Copernicus GPS reference board antenna connector. 2. USB Connector The USB connector is an A-type USB connec
