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NEO-M8N with GPS Glonass antenna + Compass ready for purchase and testing

Posted by CSGShop on June 1, 2014 at 12:26pm

3689598322?profile=original3689598300?profile=originalWe have finished new board NEO-M8N + Compass

NEO-M8N breakout board features:

  • 72-channel u-blox M8 engine GPS/QZSS L1 C/A, GLONASS L10F, BeiDou B1 SBAS L1 C/A: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS Galileo-ready E1B/C (NEO-M8N)
  • SuperSense Indoor GPS, -167dBm
  • On-board Ultra low noise 3.3V voltage regulator and RF filter for noise blocking
  • USB, I2C (SDA,SCL) and Uart (Tx,Rx)
  • Dual band GPS and Glonass antenna
  • u-center GPS Evaluation Software
  • Extensive visualization and evaluation features
  • Supports AssistNow Online and AssistNow Offline A-GPS services
  • 1 TTL UART port, 1 I2C port,1 USB port
  • Time pulse LED
  • Flash memory for firmware upgrade and settings inside in the module (can save setings without battery)
  • Battery for HOT module start
  • Build-in HMC5883L Compass
  • Dimensions: 50x50 mm hole distance 45x45mm
  • Weight 24 gram
  • Fully assembled and ready to use

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  • Stefan Gofferje June 2, 2014 at 5:09am
    @gervais: I don't have the link to the product information / comparison page any more.
    What I remember was that the 5983 is temperature-compensated, able of 220Hz output (5883L:160Hz), more than double the resolution of the 5883L (2mGauss vs. 5mGauss), has an SPI interface in addition to I²C.
    It is the official successor of the 5883L.
    I also did some test myself and I was able to loiter rock solid within 10cm (compass distance) of a power cable for (active) running track night illumination when I showed my copter to a neighbor who works for the city. With my 5883L and the integrated compass of my APM (before I cut the trace) I couldn't get within 3m of the line without my quad starting to be very unhappy (IIRC that was AC 2.7-something then).
  • gervais June 2, 2014 at 4:54am

    @Peter: I have been amazed by your great results with such a small antenna

    http://plischka.at/PX4_PIXHAWK_Autopilot_Flight_Management_Unit_Tei...

    Could not believe it. I am asking myself, if the M8N is better, than the M8Q

  • gervais June 2, 2014 at 4:34am

    @Stefan Gofferje, I am still confused about the 5983 miracle. Meanwhile I tried several bobs to find out about the difference and haven´t been successful, And about better EMI/RFI resistance, where did you find that ? Both datasheets (5883 /5983) are telling  the same, just this Sensors can be used in strong magnetic fields environments with a 1° to 2° compass heading accuracy.  There are minor differences at the datasheet like ODR / continous measurement, but does the AC software recognizes this ? Accuracy , range and cross-axis sensitivity are the same, so what else is important ?

    I already asked you last september.

    As the datasheet promised enhanced immunity,

    It also seems more immune to EMI

    Stefan, where did you read about this feature ? The Honeywell datasheet http://www51.honeywell.com/aero/common/documents/myaerospacecatalog...

    does not mention it. 

    Please tell us, where youve got that from.

    PS: I wonder, why you noticed a different behavior concerning the mentioned matter...maybe your previous 5883 BOB has had errors.

  • Oliver Whysall June 2, 2014 at 4:27am

    @Stefan - thats whats made me ask - I've ordered one but I'd like the newer compass on it

  • Stefan Gofferje June 2, 2014 at 4:11am

    @Oliver:

    Read a few posts up :). I was asking them why they use the old 5883L :).

  • Stefan Gofferje June 2, 2014 at 4:09am

    @Dan:

    I basically agree but 5 blog posts in 3 months about various M8 boards (3 of which were basically about the same product -the "world's smallest M8 board" is pushing it a bit :). If they came up with really cool different stuff, I wouldn't mind even a post every day but about the same or very closely similar products...

    Dunno, am I the only one who feels a bit "over-informed" about various M8-products now?

  • Oliver Whysall June 2, 2014 at 4:09am
    @CSGShop - are these shipping with the HMC5983 or the HMC5883L?
  • Dan Wilson June 2, 2014 at 4:00am

    @Stefan - I'd agree that CSGShop has had a reasonable density of posts recently but they're not just plugging loosely relevant products, they're advertising custom products that meet requests from the community. They're doing it at lightning speed, at a reasonable cost and even provide performance testing.

    I'm not advocating that DIYD become a forum for shops to plug their wares but we should be encouraging this sort of commercial engagement.

    @CSGShop - I look forward to testing some of these modules!

  • Stefan Gofferje June 2, 2014 at 12:52am

    HMC5983 is a drop-in replacement (come on - bad enough you don't know it but I did link the data sheet, plus it has been discussed here in the community extensively...) and LSM303D is the magneto used in the Pixhawk...

    Besides, I would say that you totally don't see what this community is about. You just see it as a marketplace to sell your apparently hastily put together boards. So you are the first to offer an M8 board (here)... Great deal... Yet another GPS, maybe with a potentially better HDOP by a few %. Sorry, but that doesn't push my off my chair and IMHO that hardly justifies 5 blog posts in 3 months time.

    Take a step back, read and understand! This a an open-source DIY-community, full of bright minds like Tridge and Randy and other developers. If you would come up with a really cool and innovative hardware product for a reasonable price, I'm fairly sure, that it wouldn't take much more than sending out a few samples to some developers to get your product integrated into the APM software platform. Good examples for that are the Piksi RTK GPS. Or the LIDAR-Lite.

  • CSGShop June 2, 2014 at 12:33am

    We can add any sensors to board, but what about software support? I can mount LSM9DS0 without problem.

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