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News Release from: Acte Components | Subject: Qinetiq GPS modules
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 May 2006
GPS modules keep tracking where others
fail
Qinetiq's highly sensitive GPS modules are suitable for markets requiring tracking indoors.
Acte Components has been appointed by Qinetiq as the European commercial sales partner for a range of highly sensitive GPS modules, which are suitable for markets requiring tracking indoors Hampshire-based Acte has already added the Q20 range of sensitive GPS modules to its portfolio of products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Qinetiq staff recently spent a day training the Acte teams and demonstrating their products; despite being deep inside a castle where the meeting took place, the Q20 module successfully detected an impressive tally of eight satellites.
Until recently GPS positioning relied on direct satellite view, excluding many environments as a result.
In order to meet customer requirements and counter these limitations, Qinetiq has developed a highly sensitive module which continues to provide position information where conventional GPS fails.
High sensitivity GPS brings the advantages of satellite navigation to a whole range of new applications.
Using a dedicated baseband processor with massive parallel correlation and frequency search capability, the Q20 receiver is much more sensitive and faster to fix than conventional GPS engines.
In urban and indoor environments, for instance, this new technology will provide greatly increased availability of position and timing solutions.
In many cases, the GPS antenna can be eliminated altogether, saving cost and improving the form factor of customers' products.
"Acte is developing a strong portfolio of products to support its customers' needs within the M2M market", said Mike Collen, Managing Director of Acte Components.
"The Qinetiq range of products is without doubt a very important product for the Acte companies to be able to support".
"This technology will allow our customers to have the edge in their chosen markets".
The tried and tested Qinetiq range, which has won IEE Electronics Innovation Award and Ifsec Security Innovation Awards, is available in the UK and elsewhere in Europe from Acte Components.
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