SparkFun RTK Facet L-Band

SparkFun RTK Facet L-Band is designed for high-precision geolocation and surveying. This RTK Facet L-Band utilizes corrections from u-blox’s Point perfect service broadcast from a geosynchronous Inmarsat satellite. WiFi SSID and password are the only setups required for RTK Facet L-Band. Once entered, this device will provision itself and periodically (once a month) update the decryption keys necessary to use the PointPerfect service. Under the hood of this RTK Facet L-Band is an ESP32 WROOM. This ESP32 WROOM is connected to a ZED-F9P GNSS receiver, a NEO-D9S L-Band receiver, and a variety of peripheral hardware (LiPo fuel gauge, and microSD). The RTK Facet L-Band features GNSS receiver ZED-F9P, satellite data receiver NEO-D9S, and Bluetooth^® transceiver ESP32 WROOM.

Under the dome of the RTK Facet L-Band is a surveyor-grade L1/L2/L-Band antenna. This antenna is a unique combination of elements designed to receive the GNSS signals (L1/L2) alongside the 1.55GHz PointPerfect corrections. The RTK Facet L-Band works with common GIS software including SW Maps, SurvPC, Field Genius, and any GIS software that supports NMEA over Bluetooth^®.

Features

Enclosed Facet Design IP53:
- Protected from limited dust ingress and water spray
Internal Antenna:
- L1/L2/L-Band with ≥5dBi gain
Internal Battery:
- LiPo 6Ah with fast 1 amp charging
Qwiic Port:
- Supports I²C based add-on devices
microSD:
- Compatible up to 32GB
Embedded OLED Display for positional accuracy, available satellites, and data logging
Single push button control
598g (1.3lbs) weight
Works with common GIS software:
- SW Maps, SurvPC, and Field Genius

GNSS Receiver: ZED-F9P
- Concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou
- Receives both L1C/A and L2C bands
- 184-channel u-Blox F9 engine
- 25s (cold) and 2s (hot) time to first fix
Satellite Data Receiver: NEO-D9S
- Receives PMP messages from Inmarsat geosynchronous satellites
- SESTB28A L-Band data receiver compliance
Bluetooth^® transceiver: ESP32 WROOM
- Xtensa^® dual-core 32-bit LX6 microprocessor
- Integrated 802.11 BGN WiFi transceiver
- Integrated dual-mode Bluetooth^® (classic and BLE)
- Hardware accelerated encryption (AES, SHA2, ECC, RSA-4096)

Specifications

Satellite Data Receiver: NEO-D9S
- 133dBm sensitivity
- <10s time to the first frame
- 35mA to 130mA current (varies during acquisition and tracking state)
- 1525MHz to 1559MHz frequency range
Bluetooth^® transceiver: ESP32 WROOM
- Up to 240MHz clock frequency
- 16MB of flash storage
- 520kB internal SRAM
- 2.5µA deep sleep current

3.3V TTL Serial (57600bps RTCM TX/RX) radio port
3.3V TTL Serial (115200bps NMEA) data port
136mm x 146mm x 80mm (5.35in x 5.74in x 3.14in) dimensions
GNSS receiver: ZED-F9P
- 68mA to 130mA current (varies with constellations and tracking state)
- 50km (31 miles) max altitude
- 500m/s (1118mph) max velocity

Kit Contents

1x RTK Facet L-Band
1x RTK Facet carrying case
1x Antenna thread adapter – 1/4in. to 5/8in.
1x Breadboard to GHR-04V cable – 4-Pin x 1.25mm pitch

1x GHR-04V to GHR-06V cable – 1.25mm pitch
1x USB A to C cable – 0.8m
1x USB wall charger – 5V, 2A

SparkFun RTK Facet L-Band

Features

Specifications

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