SILVANA AND ANAPALA ANTENNA COMPANION MODULES0 pages

SILVANA AND ANAPALA ANTENNA COMPANION MODULES
APPLICATIONS:
THE PERFECT MATCH TO A TRIMBLE GPS
RECEIVER
SILVANA ACM
Integrating a GPS receiver and antenna
• Vehicle tracking and fleet
management
and Condor families of GPS modules,
in a tough electrical environment while
Silvana allows you to choose the best
wringing out every last dB of positioning
solution for your application. In addition
• Asset monitoring and management
performance is a complex RF design
to its onboard antenna, Silvana sports a
problem. Tight space constraints often
connector for an external antenna. An
place the GPS antenna near strong
antenna detection circuit automatically
transmitters, noisy power supplies and
switches to the external antenna, when
fast microprocessors. Tracking down a
connected. With Silvana, one flexible
source of interference in the system can
solution serves both internal and external
take months. Getting it right often takes
antenna applications.
• Telematics and toll collection
• Radio beacons
• Portable tracking and navigation
Compatible with Trimble’s Copernicus II
multiple expensive iterations and, in the
end, engineers are frequently forced to
compromise performance for time-tomarket considerations.
ANAPALA ACM
Like Silvana, Anapala supports multiple
GPS solutions, but relies on the integral
matched antenna.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRIMBLE’S
30+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
Contact Trimble to learn more about
Trimble has been integrating GPS
how an ACM can help you realize
receivers and antennas in all manner of
your product introduction in a timely
devices for over 30 years now and can
fashion and improve the ROI of your
help you bring your product to market
development program.
faster and with less aggravation. Trimble’s
antenna companion modules (ACMs),
including Silvana and Anapala, comprise
a GPS receiver and a perfectly-matched
antenna on an easily integrated module.
Anapala (top)
Silvana with U.FL (bottom)
Silvana with S
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