VectorNav Releases Surface Mount VN-300 Dual Antenna GPS/INS
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At next week’s Unmanned Systems 2015 conference in Atlanta, VectorNav is releasing a surface-mount version of its VN-300 dual-antenna GPS-aided inertial measurement unit. The miniature MEMS, or micro-electro-mechanical, device has both inertial and GPS-compassing methods for navigation.
The company is also announcing that its entire product line will now be Global Navigation Satellite System-capable.
The VN-300 has three-axis accelerometers, three-axis gyros, three-axis magnetometers, a barometric pressure sensor, two GNSS receivers and a low-power microprocessor.
“The VN-300 surface-mount chip is an achievement that combines the best of our expertise in inertial navigation algorithms and our innovative approach to miniaturizing embedded navigation sensors. There simply is no other product like it on the market,” says John Brashear, VectorNav president. “The VN-300 SMD [surface mount device] completes our industrial series of inertial navigation sensors and paves the way for the expansion of our product lines into new markets and applications.”
