u-blox, a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, today announced that Taoglas, a leading provider of next-generation IoT solutions, has developed a centimeter-level GNSS positioning solution. Comprising a high precision L1/L2/E5 GNSS receiver, the u-blox ZED-F9P, all the required RF electronics and antennas in a single package, the Taoglas Edge Locate™ positioning module simplifies the development and deployments of IoT solutions that depend on high precision positioning information.
Taoglas Edge Locate addresses the growing demand for highly
accurate centimeter-level positioning performance, which, until recently, was
reserved for high value use cases such as guidance systems for precision
agriculture and heavy machinery. This changed with the release of the use of
additional satellite signals and the announcement of u-blox F9 high precision positioning platform,
which lowered the cost of ownership of the technology, extending its benefits
to mass market applications for the first time.
Featuring the u-blox ZED-F9P high
precision GNSS module with concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and
BeiDou on multiple frequency bands, the Taoglas Edge Locate module can also use
real-time kinematic (RTK) algorithms to help achieve even faster convergence
times and reliable performance, even in highly dynamic applications. The
integrated smart antenna is specifically designed and optimized for multi-band
GNSS applications.
High precision positioning enables a range of
mission-critical services and use cases, such as emergency response, smart
infrastructure, drone delivery, micro-mobility, and precision agriculture. Edge
Locate’s RTK positioning capabilities let end users benefit from
centimeter-level positioning without subscribing to GNSS correction services,
relying instead on a local RTK network that Taoglas can also help customers
design and set up.
In a press release published by Taoglas, the company’s
Co-CEO, Ronan Quinlan, highlighted one way that high precision positioning will
benefit IoT applications. “Take an example from the
burgeoning micro-mobility industry. When granting licenses from a trial, the
city authorities would like to monitor the riders of e-scooters, ensuring
riders are staying off footpaths, or parking in designated areas. The problem
is that today’s legacy GPS solutions don’t often know which side of the road a
scooter is on. Whereas with our solution, fleet operators can pinpoint within
just a few centimeters where a device is located.”
More information on Edge Locate is
available at www.taoglas.com. To learn more about
u-blox’s high precision positioning portfolio, visit the dedicated product
pages here.
