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New RTK GPS on Indiegogo

Posted by Bill Piedra on May 1, 2015 at 8:40am

Reach: first affordable RTK GPS receiver

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reach-first-affordable-rtk-gps-receiver

Reach is for applications when your standard GPS with several meters accuracy just won’t cut it. It relies on RTK (real-time kinematics) technology to deliver centimeter level accuracy.

RTK was here for a long time, used mostly by surveyors and unaffordable to hobbyists and makers. If you needed centimeter precise positioning you had to spend thousands of dollars on an RTK system. With Reach we want to change that.

Reach runs open-source RTK processing software called RTKLIB written by Tomoji Takasu. Previously a computer was required to run RTKLIB, but now all RTKLIB features are available directly on Reach.

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Jimmy Oliver November 27, 2015 at 1:01pm

I'm just interested in GCP's ) Ground Control Points. I have the unit and was a backer. How do I power the unit? Can I connect power through Android phone? Is it just a BlueTooth connection once powered? Is there initial setup before use? e.g. connect to laptop, run program etc...
GocGoc May 8, 2015 at 12:14am

Has anybody got their Piksi system to work yet with .16?
Cala May 7, 2015 at 3:01pm

Congrats!!! yes, a low cost RTK it's going to expand as water, It's not only usefull to UAV's , for agriculture It's very usefull specially in countries where public services, don't exist, bad 3g signal in rural areas, etc.

What the difference between yours and Piski?
- Emin Bu > Cala May 7, 2015 at 11:44pm
  
  What is Piski?!
  - T3
    
    Thorsten > Emin Bu May 7, 2015 at 11:50pm
    
    http://www.swiftnav.com/piksi.html
RPM May 7, 2015 at 12:17pm

This is excellent! Congratulations on reaching your goal so quickly.

If it has been addressed my apologies but I could not find any info on initialization fix times.

Also I would be using a survey grade GPS base station 450-475MHz for example. Would I be able to see and connect to the base on the app that is being developed?

Thanks!!
- Mikhail Avkhimenia > RPM May 7, 2015 at 2:57pm
  
  If you can connect compatible 450-475 MHz radio to serial port on Reach then you would be able to use RTCM data from it.
Emlid May 5, 2015 at 10:38pm

Guys, thank you all, we have reached the goal in just 3 days. This shows how needed a low-cost RTK system is, we will do our best to deliver great user experience.
Emin Bu May 5, 2015 at 12:41am

Do you follow discussion here?

http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/gps-issues-do-i-need-a-gps-ground...
- Emin Bu > Emin Bu May 5, 2015 at 12:46am
  
  How do you plan to connect everything together(Pixhawk,groundstation,basestation,Bluetooth,433/915Mhz radio,videolink,wi-fi...)at same time without all kind of EMI interference. Can you please make a diagram so we can get idea?
  
  thank you