Precise positioning click board enables centimetre-level accuracy

MikroElektronika has released GNSS RTK 2 Click board, a compact add-on board employed to enhance the precision of position data emanated from satellite-based positioning systems.

Click boards follow a modular prototyping add-on board standard invented by the company, which revolutionises how users add new functionalities to development boards. Click boards allow design engineers to modify peripherals easily, cutting months off development time. Its mikroBUS uniform connection interface lets designers instantly connect any Click board to a main development board. Many leading microcontroller companies, including Analog Devices, Dialog, Infineon, Microchip, NXP, Renesas, STM, and Toshiba, now incorporate the mikroBUS socket on their development boards, and the GNSS RTK 2 Click board is the 1300th Click board to be released by the company.

The board provides the ZED-F9R, a multi-band professional-grade GNSS module with integrated multi-band RTK technology from u-blox that provides centimetre-level accuracy. This module concurrently employs GNSS signals from all four GNSS constellations (GPS/QZSS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou). It delivers a reliable multi-band RTK turnkey solution with up to 30Hz real-time position update rate and full GNSS carrier raw data.

Comments Nebojsa Matic, CEO of MikroElektronika: “With 1300 Click boards to choose from – covering sensing, signal processing, data capture, power, connectivity and much, much more – designers should find an off-the-shelf solution that suits their needs. This Click board, for example, is suitable for high-precision positioning for demanding industrial applications such as machine control, ground robotic vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles.”