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    CF29 GPS on Sled

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by dukeluca86, Dec 19, 2012.

  1. dukeluca86

    dukeluca86 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, here are some pics of my last work (last finished work), is a gps cyrocom patch antenna, with a not-well-known sirf III engine, i putted them on a sled adapter that was originally intended for a WWAN card, there's also an USB 2.0 port, the wire was there so... I putted an additional USB port on the left side eh eh.

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    I hope this can help someone that want to put a gps in this rugtop (ruggedized-laptop).
     
    dukeluca86, Dec 19, 2012
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    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    Great idea!

    Is the switch for the GPS or for the USB port?
     
    Springfield, Dec 19, 2012
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    dukeluca86 Notebook Consultant

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    Is for the GPS, to switch it on and off, it draw about 80mA, not huge current, but it's 0.8A in ten hours and 8A in 100 hours (about 4 days), so is better to keep it switched off to preserve battery operation. There's no battery onboard but the module get a fix in about a minute, i can wait a minute so there' no battery.
     
    dukeluca86, Dec 20, 2012
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