Product Information

CG1-RADIO CompactPCI ® Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver

Document No. 2020 • Edition 04/2002

Both, the global time (UTC) and the The CG1-RADIO module is housed on a
geographic position, provides the single size Eurocard (3U). The board is
CompactPCI® based GPS receiver board CG1- provided with a high performance
RADIO manufactured by EKF. 12 parallel-channel receiver engine
continuously tracking all satellites in view,
Most industrial computer systems need thus providing accurate positioning and time
synchronization to a precise time standard. data. The receiver is compatible with passive
A solution to this problem would be any or active antennas and supports the
radio controlled clock. Unfortunately, most NMEA-0183 data protocol.
countries have their own local transmitter
standards (if any). Hence, for universal use Direct, differential RTCM SC-104 data
(e.g. if systems are mobile or destined for capability dramatically improves the
export), a GPS based clock is the best choice. positioning accuracy. For that, the CG1-
RADIO is equipped with a serial port for
The Global Positioning System provides the communication with an external DGPS
Universal Time (Coordinated) and - of course receiver.
- position data. Most useful for mobile
applications, also country specific program From the hosts view, the enclosed drivers
versions could be executed automatically. A reduce the CG1-RADIO board to one or two
CG1-RADIO equipped system can signal its common serial ports, e.g. COM3/4.
current position to a remote computer. Therefore most programs based on the
NMEA-0183 data protocol can be executed
without modification.

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The highly integrated digital GPS receiver The first serial port of the CG1-RADIO is for
uses the Zodiac chip set (Rockwell/Conexant) on-board use only. It serves as a
and is accommodated on a miniature communications interface to the GPS
daughter board as an exchangeable sub- receiver. Commands and data can be sent to
assembly. The 12-channel architecture and received from the GPS daughter board
provides rapid Time-To-First-Fix (TTFF) under according to the NMEA-0183 standard
all startup conditions. The receiver decodes protocol. The moderate transmission rate of
and processes signals from all visible GPS 4800bps cares for low interrupt load of the
satellites, thereby producing a highly system host.
accurate and robust navigation solution. The
external GPS antenna connects to the front The second serial port is intended either as
panel mounted SMB style jack and must external DGPS interface (read only), or as a
have reasonable visibility of the sky. For best general purpose RS-232E communications
performance, use an active antenna, channel. The wiring of the front panel
especially for a cable length of 3m and mounted 9-pin male D-SUB connector SP2 is
above. identical to desktop PC COM ports. When
receiving differential DGPS data at 9600bps
Due to Selective Availability (SA) the GPS according to the RTCM SC-104 standard, the
navigation accuracy is limited to 100m for GPS daughter module uses this information
civil use. The CG1-RADIO however as an for its internal calculations to sharpen the
option allows to read in an external positioning data. The second serial interface
differential signal (DGPS) in order to reduce is also directly readable by the system host.
the positioning error to 3-5m. For this, the Programs as LabMon (Rockwell/Conexant)
CG1 is provided with a 9-pin D-SUB need DGPS data in parallel to the GPS
connector (front panel) serial interface port. receiver for presentation.
Incoming DGPS data must conform to the
international RTCM SC-104 protocol. The If the DGPS data capability of the CG1-
type of the external DGPS receiver depends RADIO is not used, then the serial port SP2
on the location. In Germany e.g. there is a is available for general purpose I/O
choice between the LW ALF transmitter applications.
(Mainflingen, Deutsche Telekom) or the
RASANT FM RDS System (ARD). The EKF drivers treat the CG1-RADIO module
as 16C550 compatible COM ports. While
Equipped with the powerful embedded the drivers allow arbitrary names e.g.
processor i960RP(D), the board profits from COM11, practically there exist limitations in
the built-in PCI bridge as interface to the most systems. Typically, COM1 and COM2
CompactPCI® system bus. For typical are reserved names for the host CPU’s serial
applications, the EKF software drivers let the interfaces. On the other hand, most GPS and
CPCI system host view the CG1-RADIO communications applications will support
module as 16C550 UART based dual serial COM1..4 only. Therefore COM3 is
adapter card. Available by download, the EKF recommended to control the GPS NMEA port
utility WinGPS displays the GPS data and (first serial interface of the CG1-RADIO), and
allows for synchronization of the system COM4 to be used as DGPS RTCM receiver
clock to the UTC. (second serial port, SP2).

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There are many commercial GPS application he CG1-RADIO module lends full GPS
programs available, often allowing functionality to any industrial CompactPCI®
cartographical visualization. In addition, the system. Beginning with applications
Internet is full of GPS shareware tools. The needing absolute time stamps or
common basis of most applications is the isochronous control of tasks, up to programs
NMEA-0183 protocol, so that they should be requiring three-dimensional navigation, the
usable with the CG1-RADIO without any CG1-RADIO board is the perfect and
modification. affordable choice wherever GPS can solve a
problem.
Developers might prefer to sample and
compute GPS data locally on the CG1 board.
This can be achieved by the local i960
processor. Program and data can be stored
in a generous amount of local memory (4MB
DRAM and 4MB Flash EEPROM). As a
development tool, EKF provides the resident
monitor/debugger MON960, which allows
stand-alone operation and download of
programs via CPCI bus or serial interface SP2.
Furthermore EKF can offer turn key ready
application programming support.

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CG1-RADIO Block Diagram

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Technical Specifications
Printed Dimensions 3U Eurocard (100x160mm2), front panel width 20.3mm (4HP),
Circuit Board mechanics constructed with respect to EMC requirements,
ejector lever

CPU Microprocessor Intel i960RP/RD, 3.3V, 33/66MHz, clocked by system bus (local
oscillator provided when operated as stand-alone)

Memory 4MBytes FPM/EDO DRAM, 32-bit, 4MBytes FLASH ROM (SMT)

28F160S5 (Intel, Sharp), 32-bit

Utilities Watchdog and 5V/3.3V voltage-supervisor MAX705, serial

EEPROM 4KByte I2C, optional: ACCESS.bus interface

Firmware Mon960 Monitor/Debugger

Serial Protocol Asynchronous, serial protocol: 1 startbit; 7 or 8 databits; 1 or 2

Interfaces stopbits; optional even/odd parity; standard bitrates up to 115,2
kbps, default parameters for GPS operation SP1=4800Baud
SP1 (GPS NMEA-0183), SP2=9600Baud (DGPS RTCM SC-104)
(internally)
and SP2 Serial Interface 2 x 16C550 asynchronous communication element, e.g. Texas
Controller Instruments TL16C550C or equivalent
(externally
and Physical RS-232E/V.28, PC compatible D-SUB connector male 9-pin, to
internally) Interface SP2 be used either as DGPS input or as universal serial COM port,
ESD protection 10kV, pin 9 configurable either as RS-232 RI
input or +12V power supply output to external DGPS receiver
(PolySwitch resettable fuse 100mA)

Drivers Serial drivers (COM port emulation) available for Windows NT4.0
and Windows 2000, others forthcoming

GPS Receiver Exchangeable modular 12-channel receiver, chip set Conexant

Module (Rockwell) Zodiac, SMB jack for 1575,42MHz (L1 Band) GPS
antenna active or passive, RF signal level at 130dBW ... -
163dBW, antenna supply 0V, +5V, +12V selectable with jumper
JANT (PolySwitch resettable fuse 100mA)

Data Retention Keep-Alive power condition for enhanced TTFF upon power-up
Warmstart (Time To First Fix), SRAM and RTC data non-volatile buffered by
Lithium cell 190mAh (>4500h)

Software NMEA protocol based application programs

CompactPCI® Connector J1 32-bit, 33MHz (133MB/s)

32-bit DMA bus master (133MB/s)
Bus
PCI burst mode
5V interface

Power Connector J1 +5V ±5% 0.5A max.

Supply +3.3V ±0,3V 0.7A (i960RP) 0.9A (i960RD) max.
+12V ±5% 0.1A max.
-12V ±5% 0.1A max.

Temperature Operating operating temperature 0-70°C

Humidity humidity 5-90% non condensing

specifications are subject to change without further notice

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Jumper Configuration Fields

JANT Antenna passive, antenna active +5V, antenna active +12V
JBAT Lithium battery for data retention of GPS module’s RTC and SRAM
JCLK CPU clock derived locally or from CPCI bus
JCNF CPU behaviour after reset, effects of CPCI reset on CG1-RADIO
JWZ Serial port SP2 D-SUB pin 9, configured either as RS-232 RI input or +12V
output as power supply to external WZ DGPS receiver

External Connectors (Front Panel)

ANT RF input 1575,42MHz (L1 band), GPS antenna active or passive, input signal
level at -130dBW ... -163dBW, SMB jack, power supply voltages selectable
0V, +5V, +12V (jumper JANT), PolySwitch resettable fuse 100mA
SP2 RS-232E D-SUB 9 male connector, can be used either as universal serial
COM-port (standard bitrates up to max. 115,2 kBaud), or as DGPS input
(according to RTCM SC-104 protocol, 9600bps, 8bit, 1 startbit, 1 stopbit, no
parity)

Internal Headers (Option)

CJTAG JTAG testport
ISPCON ispGAL programming port
JACCBUS I2C-Bus expansion interface
JUTC TTL time mark pulse 1Hz and 10kHz, synchronized to the UTC Universal
Time (Coordinated)

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EKF WinGPS
Tool for GPS Data Display
and Synchronization of System Time

Ordering Information
Alias Ordering No. Short Description
RADIO CG1-1-RADIO 3U CompactPCI hostadapter, 12-channel GPS receiver
subsystem with i960RP CPU/bridge, 4MB Flash, 4MB DRAM
CR9-1-ADAPT Front panel expansion kit 3U –> 6U
940.80.20125.1 GPS antenna, active +5V, SMB connector, ~5m cable length
940.80.90100.1 External DGPS LW receiver box, including ALF license
(Accurate Positioning by Low Frequency, transmitter
Mainflingen/Frankfurt, receiver radius about 650km), not
required while deactivation of GPS SA function

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Philipp-Reis-Str. 4 Fax. +49 (0)2381/6890-90
D-59065 HAMM Tel. +49 (0)2381/6890-0
(Germany) E-Mail [email protected]