Alpha Micro Components adds u-blox' AMY-5M to its portfolio The distributor teams up with u-blox to resell the GPS industry's smallest standalone receiver

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(2009), "Alpha Micro Components adds u-blox' AMY-5M to its portfolio The distributor teams up with u-blox to resell the GPS industry's smallest standalone receiver", Microelectronics International, Vol. 26 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/mi.2009.21826cad.008

Alpha Micro Components adds u-blox' AMY-5M to its portfolio The distributor teams up with u-blox to resell the GPS industry's smallest standalone receiver

Article Type: New products From: Microelectronics International, Volume 26, Issue 3

Alpha Micro Components has added u-blox' AMY-5M to its portfolio of GPS components. The new AMY-5M is the GPS industry's smallest standalone receiver currently available on the market. AMY-5M is miniature in size (6.5×8×1.2 mm) and allows integration into the smallest portable devices. The fully tested ROM-based solution features the high performance 50 channel u-blox five positioning engine and has been developed for easy design implementation. The module also works as a standalone device which can operate at 1.8 or 3 V, and does not require host integration or additional components to function.

Designed to withstand a temperature range of −40°C up to +85°C, the receiver integrates a standard crystal, which brings very fast acquisition and tracking performance at an economical price. Furthermore, AMY-5M handles u-blox' Assisted GPS (AssistNow-Online and AssistNow-Offline) providing even better start-up and tracking performance under weak signal conditions. AMY-5M can be assembled on a two-layer PCB, which leads to additional cost savings.

For more information please visit: www.alphamicro.net/amy