May 30th, 2017, Published in Articles: PositionIT
Septentrio launched its AsteRx-m2 and AsteRx-m2 UAS OEM boards. The credit-card sized boards offer all-in-view multi-frequency, multi-constellation tracking and centimetre-level RTK position accuracy, and can receive TerraStar satellite-based correction signals for PPP positioning. They also feature the company’s AIM+ interference mitigation system. It can suppress a wide variety of interferers, from simple continuous narrowband signals to complex wideband and pulsed jammers. The increasing levels of radio frequency pollution coupled with the intrinsic danger of self-interference in compact systems such as UAS, makes interference mitigation a vital element in any UAS GNSS system. The AsteRx-m2 UAS is designed specifically for unmanned systems. It brings plug-and-play compatibility for autopilot software such as ArduPilot and Pixhawk, and event markers can accurately synchronise a camera shutter with GNSS time. The board can be directly powered from the vehicle power bus via its wide-range power input. The board also works seamlessly with GeoTagZ software and its SDK library for RPK (ReProcessed Kinematic) offline processing to provide RTK accuracy without the need for ground control points or a real-time datalink.
Contact Ben Honiball, Afgen, Tel 011 466-2055, ben@afgen.co.za
