Hey everybody and welcome again to a different Friday Product Submit right here at SparkFun Electronics! This week, we solely have a single product, however we promise that it is a massive one! We’re completely satisfied to introduce all of you to the brand new SparkFun RTK EVK. This enclosed GNSS platform is ideal growth platform in your mounted or cellular high-precision positioning and navigation wants. Let soar in and take a more in-depth take a look at it, lets?
The most recent enclosed RTK possibility is now obtainable!
Designed and manufactured in Boulder, Colorado, USA, the SparkFun RTK EVK (Analysis Equipment) is the right growth platform in your mounted or cellular high-precision positioning and navigation wants. Relating to connectivity, the SparkFun RTK EVK has all of it: WiFi / Bluetooth®, Ethernet and LTE mobile! We known as it the EVK (Analysis Equipment) because it really covers all of the choices: L1 + L2 RTK GNSS, with L-Band correction built-in if wanted, operating on an agile processor with reminiscence to spare!
Underneath the hood, the RTK EVK is predicated on the Espressif ESP32-WROVER processor with 16MB flash and 8MB PSRAM. The GNSS is the superb dual-band (L1 + L2) ZED-F9P from u-blox. The built-in u-blox NEO-D9S gives L-Band reception and entry to correction providers equivalent to PointPerfect. The u-blox LARA-R6001D gives world mobile connectivity; insert your nano SIM into the entrance panel, and away you go! A built-in USB hub gives direct entry to all three u-blox modules if wanted – very helpful for firmware updates! A WIZnet W5500 gives 10 / 100 megabit Ethernet connectivity; PoE is supported, too. Knowledge storage is microSD. The OLED show is 1.3 inches with 128×64 crisp white pixels.
The RTK EVK comes pre-loaded with our RTK In all places firmware. The firmware will allow you to do many issues: configure the EVK as an RTK Base and push corrections to an NTRIP Caster over WiFi or Ethernet; configure the EVK as an RTK Rover and use corrections delivered over WiFi, Bluetooth or Ethernet. Nonetheless, the firmware does not but help LARA-R6 mobile. So, we have written and examined additional code examples that can mean you can stream MQTT correction knowledge from a u-blox PointPerfect Localized Distribution subject through the LARA-R6 mobile chip. This instance demonstrates how straightforward it’s to subscribe to PointPerfect and solely obtain the IP correction knowledge you want in your location, minimizing mobile knowledge prices.
The RTK EVK features a function we name Zero-Contact RTK. Register the gadget, plug it into Ethernet or give the gadget the WiFi credentials for a scorching spot or different WiFi community, allow PointPerfect, and it’ll start getting corrections with none additional setup. No NTRIP credentials required! These corrections are obtained over Ethernet or WiFi from u-blox PointPerfect and can be found within the US, EU, and numerous components of Australia, Canada, Brazil, and Korea (see the protection map). The newest RTK In all places firmware helps each localized distribution and AssistNow. The RTK EVK features a one month free subscription to PointPerfect L-Band+IP – masking each L-Band corrections from the inbuilt NEO-D9S and localized corrections delivered by IP. Further subscriptions may be bought if desired. If PointPerfect protection just isn’t obtainable in your space, corrections from a neighborhood base station or service may be supplied to the gadget over NTRIP (delivered through Ethernet, Bluetooth or WiFi).
That is it for this week. As at all times, we will not wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or tell us on Instagram, Fb or LinkedIn. Please be protected on the market, be form to at least one one other! We’ll be again with extra new merchandise subsequent week so ensure to examine again then. Glad hacking!
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