EKF CompactPCI CG2-SHANTY User Manual

User Guide

CG2-SHANTY •

CompactPCI

®

GPS Receiver

Document No. 3775 • Edition 4

2006-03

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Contents

About this Manual ....................................................... 3

Edition History..................................................... 3

Nomenclature ..................................................... 3

Trade Marks ...................................................... 3

Legal Disclaimer - Liability Exclusion ..................................... 3

CG2-SHANTY Features .................................................... 4

Feature Summary .................................................. 4

Short Description................................................... 5

Block Diagram..................................................... 7

Top View Component Assembly ....................................... 8

Front Panel ....................................................... 9

Front Panel Elements ............................................... 10

Strapping Headers ................................................. 10

Connectors & Sockets .............................................. 10

Installation............................................................ 11

Before You Begin.................................................. 11

Warnings .................................................. 11

Caution ................................................... 11

Installing the Board ................................................ 12

Jumper Configuration & Factory Defaults................................ 13

Removing the Board ............................................... 15

EMC Recommendations............................................. 16

Replacement of the Battery .......................................... 17

Technical Reference ..................................................... 18

GPS Receiver Module............................................... 18

General Features............................................. 18

Serial Ports & Protocols ........................................ 19

Auxiliary Power.............................................. 19

Antenna Connector .......................................... 20

Jupiter Module Socket ........................................ 21

Jumper JUTC, Time Mark ...................................... 22

Additional Documentation ..................................... 23

Serial Interfaces ................................................... 24

General Information .......................................... 24

Connector SP2 ......................................... 25

CompactPCI® Interface ............................................. 28

PCI Devices ................................................. 28

System Connector J1 ......................................... 29

Literature ............................................................. 31

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About this Manual

This manual describes some technical aspects of the CG2-SHANTY, required for installation and
system integration. It is intended for the experienced user only.

Edition History

Ed.

Contents/Changes

Author Date

1 User Manual CG2-SHANTY, english, initial edition

(Text #3775, File: cg2_uge.wpd)

jb 15 September

2005

2 Added photo CG2-SHANTY

Changed URL

jb 18 January

2006

3 Changed optional jumper setting jb 2 March 2006

4 Added alternate photos CG2-SHANTY jj 14 March 2006

Nomenclature

Signal names used herein with an attached '#' designate active low lines.

Trade Marks

Some terms used herein are property of their respective owners, e.g.

Pentium, Celeron, Socket 370: ® Intel

CompactPCI : ® PICMG

Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000: ® Microsoft

EKF does not claim this list to be complete.

Legal Disclaimer - Liability Exclusion

This manual has been edited as carefully as possible. We apologize for any potential mistake.
Information provided herein is designated exclusively to the proficient user (system integrator,
engineer). EKF can accept no responsibility for any potential damage caused by the use of this
manual.

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CG2-SHANTY Features

Feature Summary

Feature Summary

Board Form Factor 3U Eurocard (100x160mm

2

), front panel width 20.3mm (4HP)

Serial Interfaces

SP1 (internally)

SP2 (externally and
internally)

SP3, SP4
(optional usage)

< Device: 16C550 compatible Quad PCI UART Oxford OXmPCI954

asynchronous serial protocol: 1 startbit; 7 or 8 databits; 1 or 2 stopbits;
optional even/odd parity; bitrates up to 15Mbps

< SP1/SP2: typical settings for GPS operation SP1=4800Baud (GPS NMEA-

0183), SP2=9600Baud (DGPS RTCM SC-104)

< SP2 front panel connector: PC compatible D-SUB connector 9-pin male, to

be used either as DGPS input or as universal serial COM port, ESD
protection 15kV, RS-232E transceiver can be disabled by removing jumper
J-SP2 (option)

< SP3/SP4: on-board pin headers suitable for attachment of CU7-RS485 and

CU8-RS232 PHY-modules (option)

< Serial driver software (COM port emulation) available

GPS Receiver < Exchangeable modular 12-channel receiver, chipset SiRFstarII, SMB jack for

1575,42MHz (L1 Band) GPS antenna, supply 0V (passive antenna), +5V,
+3.3V (active antenna) selectable with jumper J-ANT

< Accuracy (horizontal) better than 3m (CEP), 5m (2 dRMS)
< Acquisition performance: hot start 8s, warm start 38s, cold start 45s
< Dead Reckoning capability
< SRAM and RTC data non-volatile buffered by Lithium cell 190mAh

(>10000h)

< Selected NMEA-0183 ASCII messages: latitude, longitude, elevation,

velocity, heading, time, satellite tracking status, command/control
messages (primary serial I/F)

< SiRF binary protocol: raw data (primary serial I/F)
< RTCM ASCII protocol (secondary serial I/F)
< 1pps output with better than 1us timing accuracy

CompactPCI

®

Bus < 32-bit 33MHz (133MB/s)

< +5V/+3.3V V

IO

(J1 connector not keyed)

Power Consumption < +5V ±0.25V 0.1A max.

< +3.3V ±0.15V 0.15A max.

Environmental
Conditions

< Operating temperature: -40°C ... +85°C
< Storage temperature: -40°C ... +85°C
< Humidity 5% ... 95% non-condensing
< Altitude -300m ... +18000m
< Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
< Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz

MTBF tbd h

specifications are subject to change without further notice

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Short Description

Whenever the global time (UTC) or the
geographic position is needed in a

CompactPCI

®

based application, the GPS

receiver board CG2-SHANTY is a perfect
choice.

Often industrial computer systems need
synchronization to a precise time standard.
A solution to this problem would be any
radio controlled clock. Unfortunately, most
regions have their own local transmitter
standards. Hence, for universal use (e.g. if
systems are mobile or destined for export), a
GPS based clock is preferable.

The CG2-SHANTY 3U Eurocard is provided
with a high performance receiver engine
continuously tracking all satellites in view for
a time accuracy better than 1us and
horizontal accuracy better than 3m. The
receiver is compatible with passive or active
antennas and supports the NMEA-0183 data
protocol, thus allowing nearly any GPS
application program to be used with it.

The CG2-SHANTY module lends full GPS
functionality to any

CompactPCI

®

system. If
GPS technology can solve your problem, this
board is the perfect and affordable choice.

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The CG2-SHANTY incorporates a highly
integrated digital GPS receiver, which uses
the SiRFstarII chipset and is accommodated
on a miniature daughter board as an
exchangeable mezzanine sub-assembly. The
12-channel architecture provides rapid Time­To-First-Fix (TTFF) under all startup
conditions. The receiver decodes and
processes signals from all visible GPS
satellites, thereby producing a highly
accurate and robust navigation solution. In a
typical situation, a horizontal accuracy better
than 3m can be achieved. The external GPS
antenna connects to the front panel
mounted SMB style jack and must have
reasonable visibility of the sky. For best
performance, use an active antenna (+5V or
+3.3V selectable power), in particular for a
cable length of 3m and beyond.

Under certain conditions, differential RTCM
SC-104 data capability can further enhance
the positioning accuracy. For that, the CG2­SHANTY is equipped with an additional serial
port for communication with an external
DGPS (Differential GPS) receiver.

With respect to the CompactPCI bus, the
CG2-SHANTY appears as a quad serial
adapter card, based on 16C550 compatible
PCI UARTs (which are also known as COM­ports in a typical PC). The first serial port of
the CG2-SHANTY is for on-board use only. It
serves as the communications interface to
the GPS receiver. Commands and data can
be sent to and received from the GPS
daughter board according to the
NMEA-0183 standard protocol. When
operated in NMEA ASCII mode, the
moderate transmission rate of 4800bps cares
for low interrupt load of the system host. As
an option, the SiRF binary raw data protocol
allows much higher throughput.

The second serial port is intended either as
external DGPS interface (read only), or as a
general purpose RS-232E communications
channel. The wiring of the front panel
mounted 9-pin male D-SUB connector is
identical to desktop PC COM ports. When
receiving differential DGPS data at 9600bps
according to the RTCM SC-104 standard, the
GPS daughter module uses this information
for its internal calculations to sharpen the
positioning data. The second serial interface
is also directly readable by the system host.
Programs as LabMon can process DGPS data
in parallel to the GPS receiver data for
presentation.

The remaining two serial ports are currently
not in use. However, the CG2-SHANTY can
be optionally equipped with connectors
suitable for attachment of external PHY
transceiver modules (EKF CU-series, e.g. CU7­RS485).

The CG2-SHANTY provides a pulse output
(1pps) with better than 1us timing accuracy,
which can be used to generate interrupts in
order to synchronize processes.

Available by download, the EKF utility
WinGPS displays the GPS data and allows to
synchronize the system clock with the UTC
(Universal Time Coordinated). In addition,
the Internet is full of GPS shareware tools.
The common basis of most applications is
the NMEA-0183 protocol, so that they
should be usable with the CG2-SHANTY
without any modification. Furthermore, there
are various commercial GPS application
programs available, mostly allowing
comfortable cartographical visualization.

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Block Diagram

CompactPCI J1

PCI

QUAD UART

& Parallel Port

PCI 32-bit

© EKF

Block Diagram

CG2-SHANTY

ACK#/INTR#

IEEE1284

DGPS

RXD

GPS

RXD/TXD

VBATT

ANT
PWR

1Hz

3V

10kHz

Jupiter

GPS Receiver

GPS
Ant

SD

J-SP2

J-UTC1

J-ANT

ADM

211

SP3

SP4

SP2

Serial

Port 1

Serial

Port 2

Serial

Port 3

Serial

Port 4

Optional
CU-Module
Connectors

Differential GPS

(Option)

RTCM SC-104

GPS NMEA

&

SIRF Binary

+5V

+3.3V

J-UTC3

INTP

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Top View Component Assembly

CompactPCIJ1CompactPCI

J1

© EKF CG2-SHANTY

© EKF

ekf.com

J-SP2

GPS Receiver

Module

J-BAT

LED1

SP2

J-ANT

J-M1

J-UTC1

J-UTC2

J-UTC3

+5V

+3.3V

10kHz1
2
3

1s

SP4

SP3

1

1

BATT

SMB ANT

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Front Panel

CG2­SHANTY

GPS ANT

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S
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R
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T
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R
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Front Panel Elements

ANT RF input 1575,42MHz (L1 band), GPS antenna active or passive,

input signal level at -130dBW ... -163dBW, SMB jack, power supply
voltages selectable 0V, +5V, +3.3V (jumper JANT), PolySwitch
resettable fuse 0.5A

SP2 RS-232E D-SUB 9 male connector, can be used either as universal

serial COM-port (standard bitrates up to max. 115,2 kBaud), or as
DGPS input (according to RTCM SC-104 protocol, 9600bps, 8bit, 1
startbit, 1 stopbit, no parity)

LED Array UTC pulse 1s period

RXD/TXD GPS receiver module
RXD serial port SP2

Strapping Headers

JANT Antenna passive, antenna active +5V, antenna active +3.3V

JBAT Lithium battery for data retention of GPS module’s RTC and SRAM

JUTC1

JUTC3

JMP_COM

TTL time mark pulse 1Hz or 10kHz connected to PCI QUAD UART
(Optional)

TTL time mark pulse 1Hz or 10kHz for synchronisation connected to
INTP (J1 D4 ) (Optional)

Transceiver for SP2 Enabled/Disabled (Optional)

Connectors & Sockets

JUTC2 TTL time mark pulse 1Hz and 10kHz, synchronized to the UTC

Universal Time (Coordinated) (Optional)