Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Xemics | Subject: GPS chipset
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 02 April 2003
Chipset enables frugal GPS module
Racewood Technology Company has developed the world's lowest power GPS receiver.
Racewood Technology Company has developed the world's lowest power GPS receiver The device is based on a high-performance low-cost chipset from Xemics
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The GPS receiver features a power consumption of only 50mW in tracking mode, compared with a typical 100 to 200mW for the closest competition with a similar level of performance.
This significant power saving is key for the applications targeted by the Xemics/Racewood module: power-sensitive mobile information devices such a