GPS XR5 Baseband

Microchip. Made for XR5 and XR6 Navigation.
DCD-LPR-G, CellSync, NavSync Timing. Features XR5 GPS 6-channel GPS signal processing chip. Also contains UARTs (Com ports), peripherals and glue logic to the seperate MC68020 CPU and MC68882 floating point co-processor chips.
XR5M-6 and Timing products used one XR5 chip could be used to track up to 8 satellites, 4 in dedicated channels and 2 channels multiplexing up to 2 satellites each.
XR5M-12 used 2 XR5 chips to track up to 12 satellites in dedicated channels.
XR6 Sharpe used 3 XR5 chips, 2 chips to track up to 12 satelites in dedicated channels and a 3rd chip to provide the extra 'glue logic' for another MC68020 CPU. Silicon wafer technology 0.8 micrometre.

Object Details

ID: ZBA9349
Type: GPS Chip
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Systems, Navstar
Date made: 1992
Credit: © Intel Corporation (UK) Limited/Photo: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 6 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm