FSA03

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FSA03 - FALCOM Smart antenna

  • u-blox - UBX-G5010 single chip
  • 50 channel u-blox 5 engine
  • High sensitivity for indoor fixes
  • Extremely fast TTFF at low signal levels
  • Galileo capable
  • Online / Offline A-GPS support
  • Integrated TCXO
  • On chip 384 KB ROM
  • ARM7 baseband CPU
  • Battery backup
  • Temperature range: -40 to +85 °C
  • Sarantel quadrifilar helix antenna

The FALCOM FSA03

is a combination between the latest GPS chip from u-blox and a quadrifilar helix antenna. Powered by the high performance 50 channel ublox 5 technology, this smart antenna provides excellent performance at an economical price. A 32 channel engine with over 1 million effective correlators is capable of massive parallel searches across the time/frequency space. This enables a Time To First Fix (TTFF) of less than 1 second while long correlation/dwell times make possible the best-in-class acquisition and tracking sensitivity. 

The FSA03 supports the u-blox AssistNow Online and AssistNow Offline-GPS services. 

The FSA03 comes with SuperSense, providing ultra-fast acquisition/reacquisition and exceptional tracking sensitivity. SuperSense enables best-in-class tracking and navigation in difficult signal environments such as urban canyons or indoor locations. 

u-blox 5 technology has been developed with GALILEO in mind. When GALILEO-L1 signals become available, the FSA03 will be capable of receiving these signals. The necessary software to process the signal will be included in the ROM of future smart antenna version. 

For more information please refer to the datasheet of the UBX-G5010 from u-blox.

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Facts

GPS receiver tracking: L1, CA code, 50 channel
max. update rate 4 Hz
protocol support NMEA, UBX binary		    
Time to first position (TTFF) cold start: 29 sec
warm start: 29 sec
hot start: < 1 sec		    
Sensitivity Tracking -160 dBm
Autonm. acquisition -144 dBm		    
Electrical characteristics power supply: 3.3 V
current consumption: 40 mA appr.		    
Antenna quadrifiliar helix
frequency 1575.42 MHz
gain -3.5 dBic
efficiency 23 % total spherical
efficiency 45 % upper spherical
beamwidth 120 degrees
VSWR < 2.0 : 1		    
Dimensions
(Antenna & GPS receiver)		 length 50.8 mm
width 14.8 mm
helix diameter 13.2 mm		    
Required space on customers
application board		 length 23 mm
width 16 mm