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Harxon releases mini modem suitable for UAVs

July 25, 2016 - By

Harxon has released a 900-megahertz modem designed for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) customers. The HX-DU1018D is a miniature high-performance OEM 900-megahertz multi-frequency modem with advanced data-processing architecture, which can offer customer selectable ISM 900-megahertz or licensed 400-megahertz modes in the same module. The HX-DU1018 features an extremely small footprint for tight integration and design flexibility. The modem supports a transmission... read more

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Rohde & Schwarz offers ADAS testing

July 25, 2016 - By

Rohde & Schwarz’s FSW85 high-end signal and spectrum analyzer, including an analysis option for FMCW chirp signals, is suitable for testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). It analyzes automotive radar sensors designed for designated frequency bands around 24 gigahertz and 79 gigahertz. It can cover the frequency range from 2 gigahertz to 85 gigahertz in a single sweep. Its optional... read more

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Connected car considerations: Industry viewpoints on standardization, safety and more

July 25, 2016 - By

This article presents short segments from each of the four speakers on GPS World’s June Connected Car webinar, sponsored by u-blox. The one-hour webinar with presentation slides is now available on demand. Chaminda Basnayake, Principal Engineer, V2X Systems, Renesas Electronics In the basic V2X concept of operation, everybody will be talking to each other, will be aware of each other.... read more

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Helping the blind see: UAV mapping turns UNESCO site into 3D model

July 25, 2016 - By

The ancient city-kingdom of Kourion on the southwestern coast of Cyprus can now be “seen” by those with impaired vision. Kourion, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Paphos, was once an important urban center. While most of the archaeological remains — including several buildings with well conserved floor mosaics — date to the Roman and Early Byzantine periods, the most ancient finds... read more

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Driverless dozing pushes forward

July 25, 2016 - By

Komatsu America Corp., a global heavy equipment manufacturer, is offering its first fully radio controlled machine with Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) technology. The 155AXi-8 Radio Control dozer is part of a line of next-generation machines operating semi autonomously with intelligent machine control. The D155AXi-8 is designed for applications where customers may want to remove the operator from the machine... read more

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Spectracom adds resiliency for military communications system

July 25, 2016 - By

Secondary receiver uses eLoran to back up GPS time Spectracom has been selected to provide Interference, Detection and Mitigation (IDM) capability to its SecureSync precision time and frequency reference system to support Rohde & Schwarz Benelux B.V. and the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for secure long-range military communications systems. The upgrade, which is based on a secondary receiver that extracts... read more

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NDGPS loses interior, keeps coast

July 25, 2016 - By and

Heartland Corrections Services Now Commercial or WAAS-only The U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation and Army Corps of Engineers have reduced the number of Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) sites that will be decommissioned. The course correction keeps a coastal and Mississippi River network of stations largely intact, while discontinuing inland services. Last year at this time, the agencies... read more

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Iridium/GPS carrier phase positioning, fault detection

July 21, 2016 - By , and

Interest in the Iridium constellation as a potential alternative and back-up provider of positioning and timing has increased with the announcement of impending operational capability. Overall concept information is hard to come by, but this 2009 ION GNSS paper gives an early look. The text is from the paper’s abstract. The iGPS high-integrity precision navigation system combines carrier phase ranging... read more

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