DMU380ZA Series
User’s Manual
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2.1.2
Power Input and Power Input Ground
Power is applied to the DMU380ZA on pins 10 through 15. Pins 13-15 are ground; Pins
10-12 accepts 3 to 5 VDC unregulated input. Note that these are redundant power ground
input pairs.
WARNING
Do not reverse the power leads or damage may occur.
2.1.3
Serial Data Interface
The user can select the serial interface used with the DMU380ZA by controlling the logic
level on connector pin 7 at system startup. If pin 7 is left floating then the DMU380ZA is
configured for SPI communications on pins 3-6. Pin 7 is set as an output and used as the
DATA READY discrete for SPI communications. Additionally, the user can synchronize
the output data on the SPI port by providing a 1 KHz input pulse on Pin 2. For the
complete SPI interface definition, please refer to Section 5.
If the connector pin 7 is grounded then the DMU380ZA is configured for low-level
UART output on pins 3 and 4. This is a standard UART asynchronous output data port.
For the complete UART interface definition, please refer to Sections 6-8. Note that the
two output port interface methods are controlled independently from each other. The
UART port output controls apply only to data being output over the UART port, and the
SPI output controls apply only to data being output over the SPI port.
2.1.4
External GPS Aiding (VG380ZA, AHRS380ZA and INS380ZA)
The VG380ZA/AHRS380ZA/INS380ZA allows the use of an external GPS receiver to
be connected the secondary UART port. The user is required to configure the GPS
receiver to output the GPS messages that the DMU380ZA Series expects. Table 4 shows
the supported GPS protocols and guidelines for configuration. Note that the details of the
GPS messages can be found in the respective GPS protocol documents. The user must
configure the VG/AHRS/INS380ZA to accept external GPS information using NAV-
VIEW as described in Appendix A. If the VG/AHRS/INS380ZA is parsing valid
external GPS data and the GPS receiver has 3D lock, then the comStatus
noExternalGPS flag will be zero, otherwise it will be one. See Section 9 for a complete
description of system status indications.
Since NMEA protocol does not provide vertical velocity, the vertical velocity that the
DMU380ZA Series estimates (based upon GPS altitude changes) may not be sufficient
for airborne applications (see Table 4). Therefore, the NMEA protocol is not
recommended for airborne applications.
Table 4 External GPS Receiver for VG/AHRS/INS380ZA
Protocols
Required Messages
Required Message Rate
Baud rate
Ublox binary
NAV-LLH, NAV-VELNED,
NAV-STATUS
4 Hz
9600, 19200, 38400,
57600
NovAtel OEM4 and
OEMV Binary
BestPosB, BestVelB
4Hz
9600, 19200, 38400,
57600
NovAtel OEM4
ASCII
PosVelNavDopA
4Hz
19200, 38400, 57600**