GPS Evaluation Kit EVA2135
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1. maestro N GPS receiver GPS Evaluation Kit EVA2135 H A Description of the Evaluation Board for Maestro s GPS Receiver Smart Antenna Module A2135 H User s Manual Version 0 1 maestro GPS receiver Revision History Rev Date Description 06 23 14 Initial Draft ss mm dd yy po Name ite Signature Written by Happy wen 06 23 14 Checked by Sam Law Matthieu 06 23 14 Approval by Frank Tang Calvin Yau 06 23 14 FT CY VO 1 Oct 14 Users Manual Page 2 of 17 maest roy 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 THE2. e Standard USB connectors V0 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 13 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 8 Board Overview Figure 11 Board overview V0 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 14 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 9 Board Schematics TI kriar 2 As gece Figure 12 EVA2135 H board schematics VO 1 Oct 14 Users Manual Page 15 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 10 Related Information 10 1 Contact This manual was 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 Hong Kong for further improvements are highly appreciated Maestro Wireless Solutions Limited Units A amp B 9th Floor Wing Cheong Factory Building 121 King Lam Street Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon Hong Kong Tel 852 3955 0222 Fax 852 3568 4833 support gpos maestro wireless com www maestro wireless com 10 2 Related Documents e GPS Receiver A2135 H Maestro 10 3 Related Tools e GPS Cockpit Maestro e SIRFLive SIRF e SIRF Flash SIRF V0 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 16 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 11 List of Figures Figure 1 Windows driver installation warning c cccccccseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeaees 6 Figure 2 Disabling of Microsoft Serial BallPOint 2 0 0 0 ee ee ee ee Ee ee ee RE ee ee Ee 6 Figure 3 GPS Cockpit communication window
3. EE 3 Jee SPI chip select pin when module works in SPI mode 3 GPI06 SPI clock pin when module works in SPI mode A Jeer ENE e Host Pon OGL SSS e 1x SPI data out pin when module works in SPI mode o RX SPI data in pin when module works in SPimode ie fece seror OOOO O EES SO Og vou Votage Ouputt eg Table 2 Terminal block description RY 12C CLK 12C DIO Vout Figure 8 Terminal block VO 1 Oct 14 Users Manual Page 11 of 17 maestro aw GPS receiver 6 2 DIP Switch Settings The following picture shows the DIP switches of the EVA2135 H Figure 9 DIP switches vm ee E Lg settings ER block S1 GPIO7 IE sE F ON OFF ON high A2135 H pin 10 external ac S3 ANT GW tive RE not applicable OFF low OFF low A2135 H on module antenna on module antenna OFF Table 3 Switch settings VO 1 Oct 14 Users Manual Page 12 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 6 3 ICC Jumper Figure 10 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 A2135 H GPS receiver can be measured directly by connecting a low resistance measurement device to the ICC jumper The low resistance measurement device should be connected before VCC is switched off 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
4. GPS performance The user can switch between the two antennas with the ANT_SW signal provided by the DIP switch 1 2 Contents The EVA2135 H includes the following components e Demonstration board labeled EVA2135 H with one A2135 H GPS receiver smart antenna e Active GPS antenna e USB cable to connect to your PC e CD with complete documentation and Maestro s GPS Cockpit software Please check your package for completeness and connect the components proper ly 2 Handling Precautions The EVA2135 H contains components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge ESD Please handle with appropriate care VO 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 5 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 3 Quick Start using USB connection 1 Connect the EVA2135 H 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 that two drivers need to be installed the EVA2135 H FTDI driver and the USB serial driver Note During the driver installation process your 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 des
5. AVAILABILITY OF SUCH EXTERNAL SITES OR RESOURCES AND 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 VO 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 3 of 17 maest roy GPS receiver Table of Contents TINOCO ON BEEN 5 SKS e EE 9 12 COMENS AE EE E E EEEE OE EEN 5 2 Handling BN Gd de CT 5 3 Quick Start using USB CONNECTION ke Re EE ER RR RR EE EE RAGE ER ee DR Re GE Re 6 4 On Board Peripherals siese ke EE RE RE RE ER RE ER EE ER EE ERGER Re ER EE ERGE ERG ER Re ERGE ROER Re ER RE Re Re 9 4 1 RESET and ON OFF Push Button ee ee see see see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee 9 4 2 External Antenna ConnectOF ee ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 9 DLE EE 10 6 Design SUDO ONG dE 11 ST teriinal e re 11 6 2 BI Eed e EE 12 6 EE ln le E 13 1 NMEA FPO Eege 13 8 Board OVErVieWw ccccccscceceececeecucuecucuecueaucueaucusauusaueususeususeusuuausueausueausaeausunaesanes 14 9 B ard Bo
6. blank ee ee ee ee ek EE ee Ee EE 7 Figure 4 GPS Cockpit communication window COM 7 Figure 5 GPS Cockpit NMEA terminal with NMEA data 8 Figure 6 On module antenna and External Antenna Connechor esse ees see 9 Figure 7 ee EED KC 10 FOU Reg ged IOC E 11 FOS 9 DIP SWINGING EE 12 FIGS T0 e ele EE 13 Figure 11 Board e 14 Figure 12 EVA2135 H board echematce esse sesse esse es see se ee se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 15 12 List of Tables Table 1 LED s function and descrpton ese ee ee ee Ee Ee Ee EE ER RR ee ee ee RE ee Ge ee 10 Table 2 Terminal block description ee ee ER ER ER ER ER RE RE ee Re Ee EE ee ee ee Ge ee 11 Table Eer ln Le EE 12 V0 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 17 of 17
7. isplay adapters DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers EN IDE ATA ATAPI controllers ga Infrared devices Keyboards UN Mice and other pointing devices Synaptics PS 2 Port TouchPad Modems EI Monitors E Network adapters PCMCIA adapters Ports COM amp LPT d Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Figure 2 Disabling of Microsoft Serial BallPoint V0 1 Oct 14 Users Manual Page 6 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 3 Assure that the on module GPS antenna has a good view to the sky 4 To start the GPS Cockpit software which visualizes the NMEA output data com ing 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 5 Now you need to activate the correct port within GPS Cockpit You can do this by selecting COM port connection A detailed description of the GPS Cockpit software is included on the CD ROM In any case the following window will appear Communication Terminal On Off Port Baudrate Terminal2 On Off Port Baudrate OK Figure 3 GPS Cockpit communication window blank Activate Terminal 1 choose the COM port to which the GPS receiver is con nected verify i
8. les EE d e ee EE ee EE ER EE Ge De EE ee GE GR eee 15 10 Related Information ee ke RE RN KKK RER RER RKN ER ER EE REK ER REK ER Ke Re Ke RE ER EER RE EE 16 10 1 Gore SE Sk EE EE EE Se EE EE Re EE ER EE 16 10 2 Related FOCUS US EE ee EE ER EE EE ei De ee Ee Ee GE Ee 16 10 3 Related Tools ne on ee DE EE eo ee ee Ar Ge Ee EG EE DE OE 16 EE ed lets OM N EE EE EE EE EE N EN 17 12 List Of Ce IT 17 VO 1 Oct 14 Users Manual Page 4 of 17 maest roy GPS receiver 1 Introduction 1 1 Purpose The GPS Evaluation Kit EVA2135 H allows an easy evaluation of Maestro s GPS receiver smart antenna module A2135 H by offering quick access to the ports of the module The EVA2135 H serves three major purposes As a demonstration package of the module s capabilities Powering the A2135 H GPS receiver module via the USB connector with suffi cient view to the sky will result in an NMEA output with position information 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 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 EVA2135 H can especially demonstrate that the on module GPS antenna and an external active GPS antenna connected to the External Antenna input will result in outstanding
9. n your system settings device manager which communication port is used for this USB serial connection in our example COM15 at 9600 baud default setting for the EVA2135 H and click on OK CON Port Setting NMEA Terminal Port is Baudrate 9600 lv On Off Output Terminal Port 2 Baudrate 38400 On Off ad Figure 4 GPS Cockpit communication window COM2 The connection is established now 6 Open a terminal window to see NMEA sentences by using the NMEA Terminal window button You should then see messages like this VO 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 7 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver D Terminal 1 Com2 4800 SEE GPGSV 3 3 09 25 14 218 37 AD GPGGA 130828 000 4805 8272 N 01132 2302 E 1 07 2 0 0562 8 M 47 6 M 61 SGPRMC 130828 000 A 4805 8272 N 01132 2302 E 0 1 0 0 070105 0 0 W77C SGPGSA A 3 06 22 21 18 16 15 26 3 2 2 0 2 573E SGPGSV 3 1 09 03 20 279 00 06 36 087 47 10 09 023 00 15 45 210 51771 S GPGSV 3 2 09 16 65 287 39 18 23 140 42 21 76 103 48 22 05 166 39 7B GPGSV 3 3 09 25 14 218 37 000 4D GPGGA 130829 000 4805 8272 N 01132 2302 E 1 07 2 0 0562 8 M 47 6 M 60 GPGSV 3 2 09 16 65 287 37 18 23 140 43 21 76 103 48 22 05 166 39774 GPGSV 3 3 09 25 14 218 37 ees AD EP KP EP EP KP EP KE KP EE N EE GE TE EE OE T EF T EF h Figure 5 GPS Cockpit NMEA terminal with NMEA data Now you can start using all the othe
10. nformation is given in e Chapter 6 2 DIP Switch Settings and Maestro s GPS Receiver A2135 H User Manual VO 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 9 of 17 maestro N GPS receiver 5 LED s There are 6 LEDs on the EVA2135 H that indicate different signals from the GPS receiver order of LED s on EVA2135 H from left to right LED name Funcion besien lt B oax e Serial data traffic from GPS receiver Serial data traffic into GPS receiver 1PPS signal at rising edge 1 pulse per second a fees WR duration 500ms typ Toggle hibernate mode position request during po rr PTF cycle the LED visualizes the ON_OFF pulse Operational HIGH Full operation ne sed LOW Module in a low power mode Dp Power VCC POWER Power on LED Table 1 LED s function and description Figure 7 EVA2135 H LED s V0 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 10 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 6 Design in Support The EVA2135 H demo board offers the possibility to implement the A2135 H GPS receiver module temporarily into your design by using the terminal block with 15 connections amp a pad of 3V3 To operate the EVA2135 H 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 A2135 H GPS receiver pins Pin Pen
11. r windows and features of GPS Cockpit Please refer also to the GPS Cockpit manual and the online help within GPS Cockpit VO 1 Oct 14 User s Manual Page 8 of 17 maestro y GPS receiver 4 On Board Peripherals 4 1 RESET and ON_OFF Push Button The EVA2135 H holds two push buttons e nRST RESET e ON OFF After power on by pushing the ON button will start the A2135 H module This is absolutely 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 SiRFawareTIM 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 4 2 External Antenna Connector The A2135 H supports two antenna inputs e The on module antenna e The antenna connector External Antenna leads to pin 10 of the A2135 H GPS receiver which supports active GPS antennas It can be switched between the two antenna inputs by using the ANT_SW pin of the A2135 H connected to the DIP switch on board the EVA2135 H evaluation kit Setting the DIP switch to OFF means the on module is activated setting the DIP switch to ON means the External Antenna input is activated On module antenna d Wa External Antenna Figure 6 On module antenna and External Antenna Connector Further i
12. tabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor passed Windows Logo testing Figure 1 Windows driver installation warning Note After successful driver installation 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 EVA2135 H kit connected and press and keep pressing the reset button 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 File Action View Help HE LA Sai i Computer H ze Disk drives EI Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers es IDE ATA ATAPI controllers ge Infrared devices Keyboards 2 3 Mice and other pointing devices n Microsoft Serial BallPoint 1 Synaptics PO Port TouchPad vd Modems E Monitors BB Network adapters PCMCIA adapters Ports COM amp LPT SB Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Disable Uninstall Properties Update Driver Scan for hardware changes E Device Manager File Action View Help D Se DA Sa a 1 Computer Se Disk drives 9 D
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