GPS SiRFstarIV Evaluation Kit EVA2200-A
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1. Figure 13 EVA2200 A LEDs V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 15 of 22 maestro GPS receiver 6 Design in Support The EVA2200 A Evaluation board offers the possibility to implement the A2200 A GPS receiver module temporarily into your design by using the terminal block with 15 connections To operate the EVA2200 A via this terminal block please check Table 3 Switch settings Please note e VCC power input is not protected against reversed polarity e External supply has to be within the range of 3 3 to 3 6 VDC 6 1 Terminal Block The terminal block offers direct access to the A2200 A GPS receiver pins a JO E TJE EXTInt G 4 nRst 1V8 Port rinise 120 011 120 010 Erin a WAKEUP alee a operational Pulse Per Sec JP gp gpic E mode ond Table 2 Terminal block description Figure 14 Terminal block V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 16 of 22 maestro Y GPS receiver 6 2 DIP Switch Settings The following picture shows the DIP switches of the EVA2200 A BPRS F Fe HIT Figure 15 DIP switches picture turned by 90 ccw Sa TJ erat settings terminal block VCC Jon OF S 6 3 ICC Jumper Figure 16 ICC jumper As long as the VCC DIP switch is ON the ICC jumper is bridged By putting the VCC DIP switch to the OFF position the current draw of the A2200 A GPS receiver can be measured directly by connecting a low resistance measurement device2. maestro AS GPS receiver GPS SiRFstarlV Evaluation Kit EVA2200 A A Description of the Evaluation Board for Maestro s GPS Receiver Module A2200 A User s Manual Version 1 0 Reoetver A220 LN Co ie amp T bh ct vw Ze maestro A GPS receiver Revision History Rev _ Date Description O 10 124541 De Beleeg ET mmddyy o SOS Name Site V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 2 of 22 maestro GPS receiver Disclaimer THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF MAESTRO WIRELESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED IT MAY NOT BE COPIED OR TRANSMITTED BY ANY MEANS PASSED TO OTHERS OR STORED IN ANY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR MEDIA WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF MAESTRO OR ITS AUTHORIZED AGENTS THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE ENTIRELY CORRECT HOWEVER MAESTRO CAN NEITHER ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR ANY INACCURACIES OR THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF NOR FOR ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OR APPLICATION OF ANY CIRCUIT PRODUCT OR EXAMPLE SHOWN IN THE DOCUMENT THE PRODUCT HARD AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENTATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF MAESTRO THIS DOCUMENT MAY PROVIDE LINKS TO OTHER WORLD WIDE WEB SITES OR RESOURCES BECAUSE MAESTRO HAS NO CONTROL OVER SUCH SITES AND RESOURCES MAESTRO SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH EXTERNAL SITES OR RESOURCES AND
3. V1 0 Dec 11 maestro Y GPS receiver 10 Related Information 10 1 Contact This manual is created with due diligence We hope that it will be helpful to the user to get the most out of the GPS module Inputs regarding errors or mistaken verbalizations and comments or proposals to Maestro Hongkong for further improvements are highly appreciated Maestro Wireless Solutions Limited Add Unit 3603 09 36 F 118 connaught Road West HK Main Line 852 28690688 Fax 852 25254701 support qos maestro wireless com www maestro wireless com 10 2 Related Documents e GPS Receiver A2200 Maestro e SIRF NEMA Reference Manual SIRF e SiRF OSP Reference Manual SIRF 10 3 Related Tools e GPS Cockpit Maestro e SIRFLive SIRF V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 21 of 22 maestro X GPS receiver 11 List of Figures Figure 1 Evaluation board EVAZZOU A 6 Figure 2 Active GPS antenna with SMA connectors aaa aaa na nanen ne e eee eee enen 6 Figure 3 USB cable with A B type connectors aaa aaa nanen ana ee eee e ipen eren eee enet 6 oni De 6 Figure 5 Windows driver installation warning aaa aaaa an aaaa aaa na enen a eee ne iken eee ene eee eee eee eeene 8 Figure 6 GPS Cockpit COM Port Setting wimdow aaa aaa aaaa nana ana na nenen eee e ene even eee eene 9 Figure 7 GPS Cockpit NMEA terminal with NMEA data 10 Figure 8 Disabling of Microsoft Serial BallPOInt ccccceeceeseseeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeees 11 Fi
4. Universal Serial Bus controllers File Action View Help U t 2 AraM a Batteries k Computer H ze Disk drives 3 Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers CG IDE ATAJATAPI controllers 4 d i Infrared devices t Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices xo Microsoft Serial BallPoint 15 Synaptics PS 2 Port TouchPad Modems 2 Monitors B Network adapters Mi PCMCIA adapters S Ports COM amp LPT B Processors 4 8 Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Figure 8 Disabling of Microsoft Serial BallPoint Afterwards you will be able to continue in a normal way Don t forget to push the ON button again to receive NMEA data 3 2 Missing Graphics In case you can see only textual information within GPS Cockpit and no graphics you need to change the Color quality within the Display Properties under tab Set tings EVA GPs Information Latitude 0 000000 Longitude 0 000000 Altitude 0 00 m SE Fie mel Fix mode Fix not PC Time 09 31 UTC time 00 00 00 EVA GPs Information Latitude 0 000000 Longitude 0 000000 Altitude 0 00 m GPS Fix not Fix mode Fix not PC Time 09 37 UTC time 00 00 00 Figure 9 GPS Information window without and with clock V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 11 of 22 maestro GPS receiver So please make s
5. can do this by selecting the COM port connection icon left most icon or by choosing Port Number in the Settings menu Y GPSCockpit File Settings Tools Window op SCH Tools Window Help Port Number Key Pad SNR Level General Settings COM Port Setting SOT ra I Baudrate a800 el Onjot Output Terminal P 4 Baudrate a800 On or p Cancel Figure 6 GPS Cockpit COM Port Setting window Choose the COM port to which the GPS receiver is connected verify in your system settings device manager which communication port is used for this USB serial connection in our example COM11 at 4800 baud default setting for the EVA2200 A make sure that the On Off box is checked and click on OK V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 9 of 22 maestro ei GPS receiver 7 Open the NMEA Terminal window to see NMEA sentences by using the NMEA Terminal window button You will see no messages File Settings Tools Window Help E ei Pa 8 In order to start the module you need to push the ON button of the evaluation board Then only you will see messages like this E NMEA Terminal COM11 _ ox SGPGSV 3 3 12 16 14 048 45 05 08 301 46 29 01 345 45 25 20 242 7 I GPRMC 121159 000 a 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 0 00 96 50 120410 i fGPGGA 121200 000 4604 4227 N 01157 1795 8E 1 10 0 5 570 7 M 47 5 1 FSPGSA 0 3 13 07 04 23 02 10 08 20 16 05 1l lt a
6. to the ICC jumper The low resistance measurement device should be connected before VCC is switched off V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 17 of 22 maestro X GPS receiver 7 NMEA Port e Default setting 4800 baud 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control e Standard NMEA 0183 output on NMEA baud rate selectable e Standard USB connectors 8 Shutdown Sequence Care must be taken to implement an orderly shutdown sequence along with sup plying power for a certain period of time after initiating the shutdown sequence Abrupt removal or drop of power while the module is running has risks ranging from minor impact on TTFF to fatal permanent corruption of flash memory code area The shutdown sequence can either be initiated by a command NMEA or binary or by toggling the ON_OFF pin It is strongly recommended to press the ON button before removing power from the evaluation board The shutdown is completed after maximum 1s Therefore the module should be at least supplied with voltage for that time after the shutdown sequence was initiated In case the voltage supply will be available then continuously it is necessary to wake up the GPS module again by toggling the ON_OFF pin V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 18 of 22 maestro Y GPS receiver 9 Board Schematics The following shows the schematics of the EVA2200 A For best readability the pic ture was enlarged to cover the complete page Please no
7. 0c8 1 3 37 SGPRMC 121200 000 4 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 0 00 114 98 120410 viPissa 121201 000 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 1 10 0 8 5370 7 M 47 5 I SOPGSR Ja paj12 00 238 0 10 016016 Uji E RE E ME ER SGPRENMC 121201 000 4 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 0 00 118 19 1 0410 vtePirisa 121202 000 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 1 10 0 8 570 7 M 47 5 I Pisa A 3 13 07 04 23 02 10 08 20 16 05 1 5 0 58 1 3 437 SGbPbMC 121202 000 4 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 0 00 132 43 120410 GPGGA 121203 000 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 1 10 0 8 570 6 M 47 5 I SGFGSA A 3 13 07 04 23 02 10 08 20 16 05 ye Ae H B JL AA SPERM 121203 000 4 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 0 00 273 08 120410 fSPGGA 121204 000 4804 4227 N 01137 17953 E 1 10 0 8 5370 6 M 47 5 I S GFGSA A 3 13 07 04 23 02 10 08 20 16 05 sel Ae H B JL AA SGbGzV 3 1 12 13 70 046 50 07 51 174 30 04 47 229 531 23 43 065 507 Spiro d d 12 02 36 296 50 10 33 300 49 08 19 192 46 20 17 123 46 EEN 3 3 12 16 14 045 45 053 08 301 45 49 01 345 44 23 20 242 T SHPRMC 141204 000 4 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 0 00 117 85 120410 on default 66 F Gos RMC ss v m d D Sup He Fac Cold es ha Hat Din Figure 7 GPS Cockpit NMEA terminal with NMEA data GFGGA 121205 000 4804 4227 N 01137 1795 E 1 10 0 8 570 6 M 47 5 1 DOF Gays Gaul VTG GLL1 Send jf CR LF IM ChkSurm N
8. 6 2 DIP OWCA SOUNJO kp eee ee eee 17 GJI JID SM sek ccs sages E E 17 INI POL e e e e a a 18 8 Shutdown SO QU OTO E saa nda ea an eve e e e 18 9 Board SOMO OS EEN 19 10 Related Information nana nn ann ana a nina e sense sense seen e see se SE ESE SHESESH REENEN ERE SEE RERE ES KKK KN SH 21 10 1 Oo To ee 21 10 2 Related Documents 21 10 3 Related Tools 21 11 List of d Le UE 22 12 LISTOT MONO Ss es e e cede EA 22 V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 4 of 22 maestro X GPS receiver 1 Introduction 1 1 Purpose The GPS Evaluation Kit EVA2200 A allows an easy evaluation of Maestro s SIRF starlV GPS receiver module A2200 A by offering quick access to the serial ports and the most important I O lines of the module The EVA2200 A serves three major purposes e As a demonstration package of the module s capabilities Powering the A2200 A GPS receiver module via the USB connector and con necting the GPS antenna with sufficient view to the sky will result in an NMEA output with position information e As an example how to integrate the module into a system The schematic in chapter 9 Board Schematics is a basic example of how to integrate the GPS module into an application or system e To support an easy temporary design in The signals provided on the Evaluation Kit allow direct integration into a sur rounding system making it an ideal development tool The EVA2200 A can especially demonstrate that an active GPS antenna connect
9. DOES NOT ENDORSE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY CONTENT ADVERTISING PRODUCTS OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE FROM SUCH SITES OR RESOURCES MAESTRO SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH CONTENT GOODS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY SUCH SITE OR RESOURCE MAESTRO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE MODIFY OR IMPROVE THIS DOCUMENT OR THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED HEREIN AS SEEN FIT BY MAESTRO WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 3 of 22 mae stro GPS receiver Table of Contents ou E E E I E 5 TITOS i 5 1 2 SOMLOILS van neni n nash i e E dvendver drovdverdvendverdumedvendues 5 9 leie Te Be Wed ON ME 7 TA ARON FOC AUN ONG ae EEEE E EE EEEE EEEE EE EE 7 2 10 ol Ges e e 8 3 Potential Problems With WiINCGOWS ccccceesececeseececeececeeeeeeeueeseeueeseesueeusesaes 11 9 1 BANDOIN MOUSO zenacrrs nia e iin i ai iri oninia 11 SE S IG A AO e E E E A T 11 4 Board OVErVIOVV n nc ann ana no nse nse nse sens esse eses nse KEE KEREN KEE eses ses ese see KEREN KKK KE KR esse 13 5 On Board EEGEN 14 5 1 ON and RESET Push Button 0 ecececeececeeeeceseeeeseeeeaeeeeeeaeseeenaeneeenes 14 5 2 Antenna Connector ccccececeececceceeceeeeceeeeceececueceeeceeeeceeneseeaeseeseeneneeneseeaenenaes 14 D3 OS 15 6 Design in SUpport eege 16 6 1 Terminal E a ei EE 1
10. ed to the Antenna Input will result in outstanding GPS performance 1 2 Contents The EVA2200 A includes the following components Evaluation Board labeled EVA2200 A with one A2200 A GPS receiver Active GPS antenna USB cable to connect to your PC CD with complete documentation and Maestro s GPS Cockpit software Please check your package for completeness and connect the components properly V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 5 of 22 maestro GPS receiver a E mi La Ka Figure 1 Evaluation board EVA2200 A Figure 2 Active GPS antenna vvith SMA connectors Figure 4 CD V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 6 of 22 maestro GPS receiver 1 3 Ordering Information The complete order number for the EVA2200 A is EVA2200 A The board will always be shipped with latest part number Information on sales channels can be found on Maestro s web page 1 4 Handling Precautions The EVA2200 A contains components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge ESD Please handle with appropriate care V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 7 of 22 maestro Y GPS receiver 2 Quick Start 1 Connect the EVA2200 A with your PC using the included USB cable 2 When the PC asks for drivers select the folder Tools Drivers on the included CD ROM Note Two drivers need to be installed the EVA2200 A FTDI driver and the USB serial driver Note During the driver installation process you
11. gure 9 GPS Information window without and with dock 11 Figure 10 Color quality within Display Properties nana aaa anen nene eee ne eren 12 Figure 11 Board Overview nana aaaaa nanen anen n eee ente pene epet epet epe ee rete pete pe ee pe eee 13 Figure 12 Antenna connector anen eee ne eee eee eee eee eee ee kete pene pene keep eee eee eee 14 FOUG NO EV AZ 200 ev LEDS n n pice eiatoa ch E 15 Folie 14 RE gd a e ele 16 Figure 15 DIP switches picture turned by 90 CCVV aaa aaa nanen nenen nenen 17 Foure TO IOO e e e E E 17 Figure 17 Minimum configuration AZ20O0 A 19 Figure 18 EVA2200 A board schematics aaa aaa nne eee eee renie renie rene eper e eee 20 12 List of Tables Table 1 LEDS function and descrpton aaaaaa aaa anen ene e rene e eee apin e eee ee eee ee eee ee eee mere 15 Table 2 Terminal block description i aaaanaanan nanen ee na eee nai ke nen ee nene e eee ene eee ee ee eee eee ee re 16 Ehre En le Te e 17 V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 22 of 22
12. h buttons e ON ON OFF functionality e nRST RESET functionality After power on pushing the ON button will start the A2200 A module This is ab solutely necessary to get the module going The ON button must be used as well in other cases e g in order to request a position when in SIRFavvare Y state or to go to hibernate mode and wake up again The nRST button is used to get a full reset of the GPS module All parameters are stored in non volatile memory After pushing this button the module starts again from the beginning 5 2 Antenna Connector The A2200 A supports one antenna input Both active and passive GPS antennas can be connected to GPS input as below Only active GPS antenna was equipped inside evaluation kit Figure 12 Antenna connector V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 14 of 22 maestro X GPS receiver 5 3 LEDs There are 6 LEDs on the EVA2200 A that indicate different signals from the GPS receiver order of LED s on EVA2200 A from left to right ED e D3 TX Transmit Serial data traffic from GPS receiver Serial data traffic into GPS receiver SN 1PPS signal at rising edge 1 pulse per second pe Es duration 500 ms typ D5 ON ON ON after Reset position request during PTF cycle and in SiRFaware mode the LED visualizes the ON pulse Operational HIGH Full operation EE state LOW Module in a low power mode POWER Power on LED Table 1 LEDs function and description
13. ow you can start using all the other windows and features of GPS Cockpit Please refer also to the GPS Cockpit manual and the online help within GPS Cockpit V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 10 of 22 maestro GPS receiver 3 Potential Problems with Windows 3 1 Ballpoint Mouse After successful driver installation and after pushing the ON button of the EVA2200 A Windows might interpret the data coming over the serial interface as a serial ballpoint mouse Your mouse pointer can start jumping around To stop this disable the according device using your device manager Leave the EVA2200 A kit connected and push the nRST button once The module will stop to transmit data To fix the problem you will find the device under Mice and other pointing devices Use a right click to open the sub menu and disable the device E Device Manager E Device Manager File Action View Help e R RA Batteries d Computer H ze Disk drives 2 Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives 4 Floppy disk controllers ty IDE ATA ATAPI controllers pa Infrared devices gt Keyboards el Mice and other pointina devices Te Microsoft Serial BallPoint Update Driver T5 Synaptics P R Port TouchPad Disable anon Uninstall Monitors See Scan for hardware changes B Network adapters p PCMCIA adapters Properties 4 Ports COM amp LPT B Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices
14. r Windows system will probably notify you that the driver did not pass Windows logo testing with a warning Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware USB High Speed Serial Converter has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Figure 5 Windows driver installation warning 3 Connect the included active GPS antenna to the antenna connector of the EVA2200 A make sure that the antenna has a good view to the sky 4 Make sure all DIP switches are in ON position except for the G_7 DIP switch which must be in OFF position 5 To start the GPS Cockpit software which visualizes the NMEA output data coming from the GPS receiver copy all files from the included CD ROM Tools GPS Cockpit to a folder of you choice on your PC Then double click the GPSC exe file The GPS cockpit software starts without additional software installation A de tailed description of the GPS Cockpit software is included on the CD ROM V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 8 of 22 maestro aw GPS mean 6 Activate the correct port within GPS Cockpit You
15. te that the design is done in a way that it reflects the Minimum Configura tion as outlined in the GPS Receiver Manual A2200 These are especially e The A2200 A needs an external pull up resistor to be configured for UART operation Please consider the pull up resistor in your design or pull the GPIO up right after reset by other means e The ON_OFF input of the A2200 A needs to be connected to a push pull output of a microprocessor For a wake up including the initial one after power on a LOW HIGH transmission is mandatory e ThenRST pin of the A2200 A needs to be connected to an open collector open drain output of a microprocessor This is necessary to work with SIR Faware Pulling nRST low and afterwards toggling of ON_OFF will get the module to report a position fix when in SiRFaware mode The following picture shows the minimum configuration for using the A2200 A in UART mode with a passive antenna In addition VANT are supported on the evaluation board T SHOT RR lt lt GPIOT ON QEF Kg G SE I I2C_CLK ANT GND 1 TM_GPIOS Extint GE GPIO3 A2200 Figure 17 Minimum configuration A2200 A V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 19 of 22 NX 3 avi GPS receiver maestro Vor 3V3 GEI apie ne po SHE DO ivor ivs i le crk yout ms 14 US nis E 13 OPIOM a MBC b Rig IP E Figure 18 EVA2200 A board schematics Page 20 oi 22 User s Manual
16. ure that the Color quality within the Display Properties is set to Highest 32 bit Display Properties can be invoked by a right click on your desktop and selecting Properties Display Properties Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Settings Drag the monitor icons to match the physical arrangement of your mo Display 1 Multiple Monitors on NVIDIA Quadro NYS 135M Screen resolution Less eg More Highest 32 bm 1280 by 600 pixels Color quality Use this device as the primary monitor Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor Figure 10 Color quality within Display Properties V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 12 of 22 maestro GPS receiver 4 Board Overview The following picture shall give an overview on the complete evaluation board EVA2200 A It explains the most important components and can be used as a ref erence for the next paragraphs GPS Receiver Buttons Terminal block DIP switches Antenna Connector GPS Receiver A2200 Maestro Wireless Solutions Limited www mdestro wireless con rr Leni BET i s nRaBsiveNNN Terminal block 5 Pe Ngesten Wi e La a mi an P E li a D m a USB Connector ICC jumper USB Chip LED bank Figure 11 Board overview V1 0 Dec 11 User s Manual Page 13 of 22 maestro GPS receiver 5 On Board Peripherals 5 1 ON and RESET Push Button The EVA2200 A has two pus
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