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TIM-LP
Programmable GPS Receiver Module
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ANTARIS Positioning Engine
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The TIM-LP is an ultra-low power OEM GPS Benefits your position
module with built-in low noise amplifier suitable
for passive and active antennas. It provides two • High!acquisition!and!tracking!sensitivity! is our focus
3V serial ports, SPI and a set of configurable 3V • Ultra-low!power!consumption!
I/O ports. The TIM-LP provides system resources
for user application software. The combination • Excellent!GPS!performance!
of high performance, maximum flexibility, and • Excellent!navigation!accuracy,!
innovative packaging technology makes the TIM- even!at!low!signal!levels!
LP suitable for a broad range of high-volume • Active!multipath!detection!and!removal!
applications.! • Fast!Time-To-First-Fix!(TTFF)!
• Accelerated!TTFF!with!aiding!functionality!
• Highly!integrated!GPS!module!
• Automatic!pick-and-place-assembly!
• Reflow!solderable!
• Maximum!flexibility!
• Extensively!configurable!
• Integration!of!user!application!software!
• Fully!EMI!shielded!
• Passive!and!active!antenna!support!
Features
• 16!channel!GPS!receiver!
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• 8192!simultaneous!time-frequency!search!bins!
Overview
• 4!Hz!position!update!rate!
The! leading! ANTARIS®! GPS! Engine! provides! excellent!
• ANTARIS!Positioning!Engine!
navigation! performance! under! dynamic! conditions! in!
• ATR0600!RF!front-end!IC!
areas! with! limited! sky! view! like! urban! canyons,! high!
• ATR0620!Baseband!IC!with!ARM7TDMI!inside!
sensitivity! for! weak! signal! operation! without!
• ATR0610!Low!noise!amplifier!IC!
compromising! accuracy,! and! support! of! DGPS! and!
multiple! SBAS! systems! like! WAAS! and! EGNOS.! ! The! • FLASH!memory!
16!parallel!channels!and!8192!search!bins!provide!fast! • DGPS!and!SBAS!(WAAS,!EGNOS)!support!
start-up! times.! ! The! aiding! functionality! accelerates!
start-up! times! even! further.! ! The! low! power! • FixNOW™!power!saving!mode!
consumption! and! FixNOW™! power! saving! mode! • Operating!voltage!2.7!to!3.3!V!
make! this! product! suitable! for! handheld! and! battery-
operated!devices.! • Battery!supply!pin!for!internal!
backup!memory!and!real!time!clock!
• Industrial!operating!temperature!range!–40!to!85°C!
Small Form Factor
• Small!size:!25.4!x!25.4!x!3!mm,!weight:!3g!
Innovative! packaging! technologies! enable! high!
integration! of! a! GPS! receiver! in! a! small! module! Support Products
measuring! just! 25.4!x!25.4!mm! and! allowing!
straightforward! integration! in! particularly! small! end! ANTARIS EvalKit
products! and! opportunities! in! new! application! fields.!!
The!small!form!factor!and!the!SMT!pads!allow!a!fully! Use!the!ANTARIS!Evaluation!Kit!(EvalKit)!to!experience!
automatic! assembly! process! with! standard! pick-and- the!power!of!TIM-LP.!
place! equipment! and! reflow! soldering,! enabling! cost-
efficient!high-volume!production.! ANTARIS SCKit
The! ANTARIS! Software! Customization! Kit! (SCKit)!
enables!you!to!implement!your!own!code!on!TIM-LP.!
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u-blox AG
Zürcherstrasse!68!
8800!Thalwil!
Switzerland!
Specifications www.u-blox.com!
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Receiver Performance Data Available Resources 2 Phone:!+41!44!722!7444!
Receiver Type 16!channel,! Processor ARM7!@!23MHz! Fax:! +41!44!722!7447!
L1!frequency,!C/A!code! 3.75!–!9!MIPS!3! [email protected]!
@!1Hz!Navigation!update!
Max. Update Rate 4!Hz!
Memory FLASH! 1!MB!
Accuracy Position! 2.5!m!CEP! SRAM! 8!kB!
DGPS!/!SBAS! 2.0!m!CEP!1!
Interfaces SPI!@!3!V!
Start-up Times Hot!start! <3.5!sec!
Warm!start! 33!sec! Digital IOs 8!GPIOs!@!3!V!
Cold!start! 34!sec! 2
Aided!start! 5!sec! !For!use!with!TIM-LP-9!(8!Mbit!version).!!ANTARIS!SCKit!is!required.!
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!"VAX!MIPS",!calculated!using!Dhrystone,!available!for!user!code!
Signal reacquisition <!1!s!
Environmental Data
Sensitivity Acquisition! -140!dBm!
Tracking! -149!dBm! Operating Temp. -40°C!to!85°C!
Timing Accuracy RMS! 50!ns! Storage Temp. -40°C!to!125°C!
99%! <100!ns!
Vibration 5!Hz!to!500!Hz,!5g!
Dynamics <!4!g! (IEC!68-2-6)!
Operational Limits COCOM!restrictions!apply! Shock Half!sine!30g!/!11ms!
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(DIN!40046-7)!
!Depends!on!accuracy!of!correction!data!of!DGPS!or!SBAS!service!
Mechanical Data
Electrical Data
25.4!±!0.1!mm![1000!±!4!mil]
Power Supply 2.7!–!3.3!V!
16 GND GND 15
Power typ.!168!mW!@!3.0!V! 17 RF_IN GND 14
TIM-LP
Consumption typ.!151!mW!@!2.7!V! 18 GND GND 13
19 V_ANT
Top View GND 12 1.9!±!0.1!mm
[75!±!4!mil]
25.4!±!0.1!mm![1000!±!4!mil]
Sleep!mode:!typ.!2000!µA! 20 VCC_RF GND 11
2.8!±!0.1!mm
[110!±!4!mil]
21 V_BAT Reserved 10
Backup Power 1.95!V!–!3.6!V! 22 RESET_N P8 / STATUS 9
23 EXTINT0 / P9 SCK1 / P17 8
Serial Ports Two!USARTs!@!3!V!levels! 24 PCS1_N / P27 RxD2 / P22 7
25 PCS0_N / SS_N / P26 TxD2 / P21 6
Digital IOs TIMEPULSE!@!3!V! 26 SCK / P23 TxD1 / P18 5
27 AADET_N / MISO / P25 RxD1 / P31 4
MOSI / P24 BOOT_INT
Protocols NMEA,!UBX!binary,!RTCM! 28
TIMEPULSE / SCK2 / P20
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1.277!±!0.1!mm
29 GND 2
[50.27!±!4!mil]
30 PCS3_N / P29 VCC 1
Interleaving!multiple! 1.5!±!0.1!mm
[59!±!4!mil]
protocols!via!same!serial!
interface!is!supported! 3.0!±!0.3!mm
[118!±!12!mil]
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Interface 30!pin!leadless!chip!carrier,!
reflow!solderable! Ordering Information
Antenna Power External!or!Internal!VCC_RF! TIM-LP-0-000-0 TIM-LP!–!Programmable!GPS!Receiver!Module!
Delivery!Packing!
Antenna Integrated!short-circuit! 0!=!Single!samples!
Supervision detection!and!antenna! 1!=!Tape!on!reel!(100!pieces)!
shutdown! 5!=!Tape!on!reel!(500!pieces)!
AEK-LS-0-000-0 ANTARIS!EvalKit!-!Evaluation!Kit!
Open!circuit!detection!is!
supported!with!little!external! ASK-LS-0-000-0 ANTARIS!SCKit!-!Software!Customization!Kit!
circuitry!
Parts!of!this!product!are!patent!protected.!
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