UBX-23000692 - R01
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XPLR-HPG-1
High Precision GNSS evaluation platform
User guide
Page 1: ...UBX 23000692 R01 C1 Public www u blox com XPLR HPG 1 High Precision GNSS evaluation platform User guide...
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Page 3: ...2 1 1 Block diagram 14 2 1 2 Power subsystem 14 2 1 3 NORA W106 16 2 1 4 USB 17 2 1 5 MikroBUS 18 2 1 6 MicroSD 19 2 1 7 Qwiic 20 2 1 8 Buttons 20 2 1 9 Test Points 21 2 1 10 LEDs 23 2 1 11 RGB LED 2...
Page 4: ...XPLR HPG 1 User guide UBX 23000692 R01 Contents Page 4 of 37 C1 Public A Glossary 36 Related documentation 37 Revision history 37 Contact 37...
Page 5: ...entation service and delivered through the Thingstream IoT service delivery platform See also Correction data Figure 1 shows the platform topology and data communication between each system component...
Page 6: ...XPLR HPG 1 User guide UBX 23000692 R01 Product description Page 6 of 37 C1 Public The board assemblies included in the XPLR HPG 1 kit are shown in Figure 2 Figure 2 XPLR HPG 1 board assemblies...
Page 7: ...ce LARA R6 single or multi mode LTE Cat 1 cellular module 5 Modem for Internet of Things IoT and Machine to Machine M2M applications including o Secure Cloud o Universal connectivity and reliable perf...
Page 8: ...ine to Machine M2M applications LBAND RTK Click board 1x LBAND RTK Click board 7 featuring the NEO D9S satellite receiver for L band correction 4 GNSS antenna 1x GNSS antenna connects to SMA connector...
Page 9: ...ic functions Reset BTN1 and BTN2 Wheel tick direction signal with signal conditioning circuitry MicroSD card connector used for logging and persistent memory Application software example included in s...
Page 10: ...over I2C This means that NORA W106 is not involved in the computation of correction data between NEO D9S to ZED F9R The active components in this use case are highlighted red in Figure 3 Figure 3 Corr...
Page 11: ...d ZED F9R through the I2C interface Moreover the NORA W106 module also addresses the decryption keys for the correction data packages to ZED F9R The active components in this use case are highlighted...
Page 12: ...dule hosted on the GNSS RTK 2 Click board over the I2C interface The active components in this use case are highlighted red in Figure 5 Figure 5 Correction data flow Wi Fi The GNSS RTK 2 Click board Z...
Page 13: ...LTE 2 and LBAND RTK Click boards supplied with the kit 18650 Li Ion battery holder for accommodating one single cell Li ion battery BATT1 USB to UART converter exposed on USB C connector for easy comm...
Page 14: ...of the C213 baseboard including the host NORA W106 multiradio module power subsystem USB MicroSD mikroBUS Qwiic and signal conditioning interfaces Figure 7 XPLR HPG 1 block diagram 2 1 2 Power subsyst...
Page 15: ...ent is limited to 1 35 A When the input current is reached first the battery charging current is limited then the charging stops and if the power demand is even greater the battery is connected to sup...
Page 16: ...e USB C If more power is needed than what USB C can provide then battery is used to supply the excessive power If there is excessive power on the USB C it is used to charge the battery Figure 11 SW1 b...
Page 17: ...GPIO45 UART0 RTS G9 U0RXD GPIO44 UART0 RXD G8 U0TXD GPIO43 UART0 TXD D9 USB_N GPIO19 USB D C9 USB_P GPIO20 USB D B6 XTAL_32K_N GPIO16 A WT DIR DIR C6 XTAL_32K_P GPIO15 A WT DIR WT Table 1 NORA W106 p...
Page 18: ...n about the mikroBUS standard visit the mikroBUS website 10 Connecting a third party Click board with IOs referenced at 5 V can seriously damage because the board The NORA W106 I Os and the Click boar...
Page 19: ...supports a MicroSD card slot that is connected to the SPI bus exposed on the mikroBUS slots The microSD card can be accessed through single SPI A circuit that multiplexes the card chip select pin with...
Page 20: ...GPIO36 SPI CLK C2 FSPID GPIO35 SPI COPI B3 FSPICS0 GPIO34 SPI CS0 CARD DETECT Table 4 NORA W106 to MicroSD connections 2 1 7 Qwiic XPLR HPG 1 board has a standard Qwiic connector J22 for connecting ex...
Page 21: ...1_1 USB1 D Differential signal TP2_1 USB1 D Differential signal TP3_1 USB2 VBUS 5 V DC input TP1_2 USB2 D Differential signal TP2_2 USB2 D Differential signal TP3_2 Qwiic SDA I2C SDA signal TP8 Qwiic...
Page 22: ...4_3 mikroBUS3 RST Reset output TP6_3 mikroBUS3 SPI_CS SPI Chip Select TP9_3 mikroBUS3 SCK SPI Clock TP27 mikroBUS3 MISO SPI MISO TP29 mikroBUS3 MOSI SPI MOSI TP28 mikroBUS3 VCC 3 3 V DC output TP5 TP4...
Page 23: ..._IN 5V_IN 5 V DC input TP23 5V 5V_OUT 5 V DC output TP33 3V3_IN 3V3_IN 3 3 V DC input TP43 VCC 3V3_OUT 3 3 V DC output TP5 TP44 GND GND Ground TP7 Table 6 Test points list 2 1 10 LEDs LED Name Color D...
Page 24: ...B LED that is located on the front side edge of the PCB The circuit connections are shown in Figure 16 Figure 16 RGB LED circuit The LED functions and pin connections to the NORA W10 module are descri...
Page 25: ...n the connectors signal conditioning circuit NORA W106 multiradio module and ZED F9R GNSS module are shown in Figure 17 and Figure 18 The active components in each scenario are highlighted In the firs...
Page 26: ...to ZED F9R without an external cable through the NORA W1 multiradio module over the UART microBUS 1 or 2 only or I2C interface Figure 18 Wheel tick Direction flow I2C or UART scenario The circuit dia...
Page 27: ...the J5 header and two wires The signal conditioning circuit can also be used with quadrature encoder signals that are input to NORA W106 The speed position values can be forwarded to ZED F9R through...
Page 28: ...2 LBAND RTK Figure 21 shows the LBAND RTK Click board hosting the NEO D9S module and other main components Figure 21 LBAND RTK Click board 2 2 3 4G LTE 2 Figure 22 shows the 4G LTE Click board hostin...
Page 29: ...rojects Figure 23 shows the High Precision GNSS HPG data topology for each of the HPG use case examples Figure 23 High Precision GNSSS data topology showing use case configuration examples 3 1 HPG use...
Page 30: ...igure 24 shows how ubxlib on the MCU host handles peripheral modules using serial line commands Figure 24 ubxlib MCU host and peripheral configuration ubxlib interfaces with most common host SDKs and...
Page 31: ...nect the antennas 1 Connect the L band antenna to the SMA connector of the LBAND RTK Click board 2 Connect the GNSS antenna to the SMA connector of the GNSS RTK 2 Click board 3 Connect the two LTE ant...
Page 32: ...that the battery connect switch is OFF 0 2 Disassemble the Takachi EXPF15 6 11 enclosure as shown in Assembling the enclosure 3 Remove the 4G LTE 2 Click board from the C213 baseboard 4 Insert the SI...
Page 33: ...mikroBUS slot 3 2 Prepare 4G LTE 2 LARA R6 Click board optional for correction data through LTE a Insert a nano SIM with active data plan into the card holder on the 4G LTE 2 Click board b Insert LARA...
Page 34: ...in their respective positions on the C213 baseboard and the 4G LTE 2 Click board if needed These holders are not accessible once the enclosure is fully assembled 2 Fit the top assembly item 2 on top...
Page 35: ...he location of XPLR HPG 1 in real time The portal software can be used with Use case 1 and Use case 3 To start using the XPLR HPG 1 kit with the captive portal software 1 Connect the XPLR HPG 1 board...
Page 36: ...G High Precision GNSS I2C IIC Inter Integrated Circuit LED Light Emitting Diode LTE Long Term Evolution 4G MCU Micro Controller Unit MQTT MQ Telemetry Transport PCB Printed Circuit Board PCBA PCB Asse...
Page 37: ...ory Readme md 12 GitHub XPLR HPG software repository HPG library 13 GitHub XPLR HPG software repository examples summary 14 GitHub repository ubxlib 15 PointPerfect GNSS augmentation service UBX 21024...