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GPS 18, USB or Serial by



Available in USB $179 or Serial $179 or Bare Wires (LVC) $179 inc GST and free delivery

 Specifications   
 Electrical  
 

Input voltage:

bullet18 USB: 4.4 - 5.5 Vdc
bullet18 PC: 8 - 30 Vdc (Automotive supply from cigarette lighter jack)
bullet18 LVC: 4.0 - 5.5 Vdc

Input current:

bullet18 USB: 55 mA @ 5 Vdc
bullet18 PC: 50 mA @ 13.8 Vdc
bullet18 LVC: 60 mA @ 5 Vdc

Sensitivity: –165 dBW minimum

 GPS Performance  

Receiver: WAAS enabled; 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Acquisition times:*

bulletReacquisition: Less than 2 seconds
bulletWarm: Approximately 15 seconds
bulletCold: Approximately 45 seconds
bulletAutoLocate™: 5 minutes
bulletSkySearch: 5 minutes

Update rate: 1 to 900 seconds between updates; programmable in 1 second increments

GPS accuracy:

bulletPosition: < 15 meters, 95% typical**
bulletVelocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:

bulletPosition: < 3 meters, 95% typical
bulletVelocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

Dynamics: 999 knots, 6g's

Map datums: 108 predefined, 1 user

 Interfaces  

Serial interface:

bullet18 USB: 2.0 Full Speed (also compatible with USB 1.1 Full Speed hosts)
bullet18 PC & LVC: Asynchronous serial input compatible with RS-232 or TTL voltage levels, RS-232 polarity

Baud rates: 300/600/1200/2400/4800/9600/19200/38400

Serial format:

bullet18 USB: Garmin USB format
bullet18 PC & LVC: Selectable between NMEA 0183 v2.00, NMEA 0183 v3.00, and GARMIN binary formats; Approved output sentences: GPALM, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPVTG; Proprietary sentences: PGRMB, PGRME, PGRMF, PGRMM, PGRMT, PGRMV

PPS output (18 LVC only): 1 Hz pulse, programmable width, 1 microsecond accuracy

 Environmental   

Temperature:

bulletOperating: –30 to 80 C
bulletStorage: –40 to 90 C
 Physical  

Size: 61.0 mm diameter x 19.5 mm height

Weight:

bullet18 USB: 100.4g
bullet18 PC: 184.6g
bullet18 LVC: 115.6g

Connectors:

bullet18 USB: type A connector
bullet18 PC: DB-9 connector

Part number:

bullet18 USB: 010-00321-01
bullet18 PC: 010-00321-04
bullet18 LVC: 010-00321-05
Specifications are preliminary and subject to change without notice.

* Warm = all data known.
Cold = position, time and almanac known.
AutoLocate = almanac known, position and time unknown.
SkySearch = no data known.

** Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the U.S. Department of Defense imposed Selective Availability Program.

 

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