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Unicorecomm Confidential

 

III 

Content

 

1

 

OVERVIEW

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1.1

 

K

EY 

F

EATURES

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2

 

HARDWARE DESIGN IN CONSIDERATIONS

 ............. 2

 

3

 

INSTALLATION

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3.1

 

P

ACKAGE 

I

NSPECTION

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3.2

 

ESD

 

P

ROTECTION

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3.3

 

B

OARD 

O

VERVIEW

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3.4

 

I

NSTALLATION 

G

UIDE

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4

 

LED INDICATORS

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5

 

PC UTILITY CONFIGURATION

UPRECISE

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5.1

 

O

VERVIEW

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5.2

 

O

PERATION 

S

TEPS

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6

 

FIRMWARE UPDATE

WINCONFIG

) .................. 12

 

7

 

HARDWARE INTERFACE

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7.1

 

P

OWER 

I

NPUT

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7.2

 

RF

 

I

NPUT

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7.3

 

E

XTERNAL CLOCK 

I

NPUT

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7.4

 

S

ERIAL PORT ACCESS

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7.5

 

P

IN 

F

UNCTION

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APPENDIX I MECHANICAL DRAWING

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APPENDIX II TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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Summary of Contents for UB40

Page 1: ...n t i a l WWW UNICORECOMM COM INSTALLATION AND OPERATION USER MANUAL GPS BDS GLONASS Galileo UB4B0 Data subject to change without notice Copyright 2009 2020 Unicore Communications Inc High Precision Board ALL Constellation Multi Frequency ...

Page 2: ... Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Unicore Communications Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of a duly authorized representative of Unico...

Page 3: ...cification and use of Unicorecomm UB4B0 product For the generic version of this manual please refer to different part of the manual according to your purchased product configuration concerning CORS RTK and Heading Readers it applies to This User Manual is applied to the technicists who know GNSS Receiver to some extent but not to the general readers ...

Page 4: ...TION 3 3 3 BOARD OVERVIEW 3 3 4 INSTALLATION GUIDE 4 4 LED INDICATORS 8 5 PC UTILITY CONFIGURATION UPRECISE 10 5 1 OVERVIEW 10 5 2 OPERATION STEPS 11 6 FIRMWARE UPDATE WINCONFIG 12 7 HARDWARE INTERFACE 16 7 1 POWER INPUT 16 7 2 RF INPUT 16 7 3 EXTERNAL CLOCK INPUT 17 7 4 SERIAL PORT ACCESS 17 7 5 PIN FUNCTION 17 APPENDIX I MECHANICAL DRAWING 21 APPENDIX II TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 23 ...

Page 5: ...oint processor provides more powerful satellite navigation signal process ability UB4B0 provide millimeter lever carrier phase observation data and centimeter lever RTK position Output supports advanced multi path mitigation and low angle tracking UB4B0 is suitable for high precision surveying and mapping application especially for geodetic surveying engineering survey deformation monitoring mecha...

Page 6: ...iderations To keep UB4B0 functioning normally the following signals need to be connected correctly The module VCC power on has good monotone the initial level is lower than 0 4V and the undershoot and ringing should be guaranteed within 5 VCC It is recommended to use a power chip with current output capacity greater than 2A to power the board 3 Installation This section contains the list of the pr...

Page 7: ...tic wrist strap If ESD workstation is not available wear an anti static wrist strap and attaching it to metal parts of your industrial PC in order to obtain protection against static electricity Please use the edge of the board avoiding to touch the components on the board while fetching or put the boards Please carefully check for obviously loose or damaged components after removing the package f...

Page 8: ...upports up to 12 digital intermediate frequency or 8 analog intermediate frequency signals which can track 12 navigation signals with 432 channels 3 1PPS UB4B0 provides1 PPS with adjustable pulse width and polarity and 1 output pulse width 4 Event UB4B0 provides 1 Event Mark Input 5 I O Power input data communication port pulse trigger LED etc 3 4 Installation Guide UB4B0 is delivered as a board u...

Page 9: ...Command manual UPrecise software CD attached Qualified antenna MMCX antenna cable PC or Laptop with serial ports Win7 and above with UPrecise installed After the above preparation is made please follow the steps below to install Following the steps below to install the device 1 Align UB4B0 positioning holes and pins with EVK and fix UB4B0 in the EVK EVK provides power supply and standard communica...

Page 10: ...ount it in an open sky area Connect the antenna to J1 MMCX port of UB4B0 via coaxial RF cable Figure 3 4 Installation Step 2 NOTE The RF connector of the board is MMCX please select the appropriate cable The signal gain to board RF connector should be within 25 to 35dB The Antenna connector provides 5VDC antenna feed 3 Connect the PC with EVK through serial ports or through Ethernet ports 1 Only f...

Page 11: ...U n i c o r e c o m m C o n f i d e n t i a l 7 Figure 3 5 Installation Step 3 Figure 3 6 Installation Step 3 4 Connect a 12V adapter with the EVK power input and switch on to power the device ...

Page 12: ...information this command will also clear the Board setup information After the FRESET command is executed the board will be reset it will take 15 minutes to collect new ephemeris and Almanac information 4 LED Indicators There is a double color LED indicator on UB4B0 which can indicate the working status of the board No Status Red Green Remark 1 Single Point Positioning BDS off 0 25s Green Fast Fla...

Page 13: ...r status after starting up 1 For normal status the indicating sequence is power on status switch insufficient satellites status switch insufficient satellites single point positioning single point positioning status switch single point positioning single point positioning differential positioning status switch differential positioning 2 If abnormal status occurs on the board the indicating sequenc...

Page 14: ... included in UPRECISE Connect the receiver configure the baud rate Graphic window for displaying Position of satellite PRN and Signal Noise Ratio Constellation View Historical and present Trajectory of the receiver and display Position velocity and time Trajectory View Graphic interface for data logging send commands to the Receiver Logging Control View Console window for sending command to receiv...

Page 15: ...tutorial to install the board and turn on the EVK switch 2 Click file connect the serial port set the baud rate the default baud rate is 115200bps Figure 5 2 Configure Baud Rate 3 Click the receiver settings button to configure the NMEA message output It is recommended to configure GPGGA GPGSV and other messages ...

Page 16: ...pdate rate 1Hz Right click in the data session window to adjust output log font size stop resume log output or clear log content 6 Configure or type commands according to requirements in various UPrecise views 6 Firmware Update WinConfig WinConfig in the attached CD software is used for the remote update of UB4B0 please follow the steps below to install the software During the firmware update of t...

Page 17: ...m m C o n f i d e n t i a l 13 Figure 6 1 WinConfig Welcome Interface Step 2 Click Next to browse the firmware update package Figure 6 2 Select Firmware Update Package Step 3 Click Next to display the communication type ...

Page 18: ...munication Type Step 4 Select the communication type as through Serial Port COM click Next to configure Figure 6 4 Serial Port Communication Configuration Please use COM1 to update firmware Step 5 After the configuration of the COM port click Next to prompt the configuration summary dialog ...

Page 19: ... Serial Port Upgrade Configuration Summary Step 6 Check the summary to make sure the receiver is correctly configured then click Finish to prompt the Upgrade window Figure 6 6 Firmware Upgrade Window Step 7 Click Upgrade to start the firmware upgrading process ...

Page 20: ...ing process is finished successfully 7 Hardware Interface This chapter is a brief introduction about UB4B0 receiver I O port and Electrical Characteristics please connect correctly in case unnecessary damage 7 1 Power Input Index Description Acceptable velocity Input range 3 3V 5 3 Note Please avoid switching power supply frequently it is recommended that the switching interval is greater than 5s ...

Page 21: ... 2V 1 8V Frequency Stability max 0 5 ppm Waveform Sine 7 4 Serial Port Access Index Description Baud Rate 115200bps by default Note When configuring the serial port make sure that the baud rate matches the data amount and confirm that the baud rate set by your hardware device is supported Otherwise an exception may occur 7 5 Pin Function UB4B0 provides dual row 2x12 pin 2 0mm pitch as main interfa...

Page 22: ...vent1 Input External Event 1 LVTTL 9 ERROR Output Error Detected LED LVTTL Low Level effective 10 Satellite LED Output Satellite LED LVTTL Low Level effective 11 CTS2 Input COM2 Clear to Send LVTTL 12 RESETIN Input Hardware reset LVTTL Low Level effective duration 5ms 13 RTS2 Output COM2 Request to Send LVTTL 14 RxD2 Input COM2 Receive data LVTTL 15 CTS1 Input COM1 Clear to Send RS 232 16 TxD2 Out...

Page 23: ...ption 1 ETH_RD Negative electrode of Ethernet receiving data Differential pair Connect to RD 2 ETH_RD Positive electrode of Ethernet receiving data Differential pair Connect to RD 3 CENT_RD Ethernet interface transformer center receives taps Connect to RD Center Tap 4 ETH_TD Positive electrode of Ethernet receiving data Differential pair Connect to TD 5 ETH_TD Negative electrode of Ethernet receiv...

Page 24: ...8 ETH_SPD Ethernet interface network speed indicator LOW Level 100Mbps High Level 10Mbps 9 GND Ground GND 10 CAN_TX CAN bus transmit data 11 CAN_RX CAN bus receive data 12 Reserved Reserved Reserved 13 GND Ground GND 14 SPEED Odometer velocity Input2 15 FWR Odometer direction message Input 16 GND Ground GND 2 This will be supported in the future release ...

Page 25: ...o m m C o n f i d e n t i a l 21 Appendix I Mechanical drawing Parameter Value Tolerance Length 100mm 0 2mm 0 5mm Width 60mm 0 2mm Height PCB 1 6mm 10 RF Connector 4 5mm 0 2mm Shield 3 1mm 0 2mm Pin Height 5 9mm 0 2mm ...

Page 26: ...c o r e c o m m C o n f i d e n t i a l UB4B0 User Manual 22 J1 MMCX female GNSS antenna interface J2 MMCX female 10M external clock interface J3 2x12 dual row pin 2 0mm pitch J4 2x8 dual row pin 2 0mm pitch ...

Page 27: ... DGPS RMS Horizontal 0 4m Vertical 0 8m RTK RMS Horizontal 1cm 1ppm Differential data RTCM 2 X 3 X CMR Vertical 1 5cm 1ppm Data formats NMEA 0183 Unicore Measurement Precision RMS BDS GPS GLONASS Galileo Update Rate 20Hz B1 L1 C A E1 code 10cm 10cm 10cm 10cm Positioning update rate 20Hz B1 L1 E1 Carrier Phase 1mm 1mm 1mm 1mm Time accuracy RMS 20ns B2 L2P Y L2C E5bE5a code 10cm 10cm 10cm 10cm Veloc...

Page 28: ... input MMCX Vibration GJB150 16 2009 MIL STD 810 Shock GJB150 18 2009 MIL STD 810 Electrical Specifications RTC 3 0 3 3VDC LNA 4 75 5 10V 0 100 mA Voltage Ripple 100mV p p max Power Dissipation 2 8W typical Functional Ports Serial 1x UART RS 232 2 x UART LV TTL 115200bps Internet access 1x LAN 10 100M 1PPS interface LV TTL USB interface 1x USB 2 0 Host Device CAN interface 1x CAN Speedometer 1x wh...

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