Nano GPS 2 Click-Platine

How Does The Nano GPS 2 Click Board™ Work?

The Nano GPS 2 Click Board™ uses the Multi Micro Hornet module from OriginGPS, the smallest GPS module with incorporated on‐board antenna element that is perfectly matched to receiver front‐end, frequency trimmed to GPS band, and Right‐Hand Circularly Polarized (RHCP). Module possesses dual-stage LNA (Low Noise Amplifier), SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filter, RTC crystal, GNSS SoC, and RF shield. GNSS SoC on a module is a hybrid positioning processor that combines many constellation configurations to provide a high-performance navigation solution such as GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BEIDOU, SBAS, QZSS, DGPS, and AGPS, allowing integration in embedded solutions with low computing resources.

The ORG1510-MK05 module supports operational modes that allow them to provide positioning information at reduced overall current consumption. The availability of GNSS signals in the operating environment will also be a factor in the choice of power management modes. The user can choose a mode that provides the best trade‐off of performance versus power consumption. Several power management modes can be enabled via a command such as:

• Full Power-Continuous Mode (for best GNSS performance)
• Power Save Mode (to optimize power consumption)
• Backup Mode (low quiescent power state where receiver operation is stopped)

Nano GPS 2 Click operates with received signal levels down to ‐167dBm and can be affected by high absolute levels of RF signals out of GNSS band, moderate levels of RF interference near the GNSS band, and by low‐levels of RF noise in GNSS band. Uses a standard UART port and besides the commonly used UART RX, TX, RTS, and CTS the Nano GPS 2 Click Board™ also has FON, and WKP pins, which are routed to the PWM and AN pins of the mikroBUS™ socket, respectively.

Integrated GPS SoC incorporating a high-performance microprocessor and sophisticated firmware keeps positioning payload off the host, allowing integration in embedded solutions with low computing resources. Innovative architecture can detect changes in context, temperature, and satellite signals to achieve a state of near-continuous availability by maintaining and opportunistically updating its internal fine time, frequency, and satellite ephemeris data while consuming mere microwatts of battery power.

The Nano GPS 2 Click Board™ is designed to be operated only with a 3.3V logic level. A proper logic voltage level conversion should be performed before the Click board™ is used with MCUs with logic levels of 5V. More information about the ORG1510-MK05 module can be found in the attached datasheet. However, this Click board™ comes equipped with a library that contains easy to use functions and a usage example that may be used as a reference for the development.

SPECIFICATIONS

PINOUT DIAGRAM

This table shows how the pinout of the Nano GPS 2 Click Board™ corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes	Pin					Pin	Notes
Wake Up	WKP	1	AN	PWM	16	FON	Force Enable
Enable Module	EN	2	RST	INT	15	RTS	UART RTS
UART CTS	CS	3	CS	RX	14	TX	UART TX
NC	4	SCK	TX	13	RX	UART RX
NC	5	MISO	SCL	12	NC
NC	6	MOSI	SDA	11	NC
Power Supply	3.3V	7	3.3V	5V	10	NC
Ground	GND	8	GND	GND	9	GND	Ground

ONBOARD SETTINGS AND INDICATORS