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GPSL Hardware Receiver Development
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The GPSL currently uses several models of GPS hardware receivers. Our main work-horse is based on the Zarlink GP2015 and GP2021 chipsets. We operate and maintain ISA, PCI, and ARM versions of the receiver, all of which are 12 channel L1 GPS receivers. The ISA and PCI versions run on computers running RTAI Linux and are primarily used for ionospheric scintillation studies since they are capable of 50 Hz amplitude and 10 Hz phase measurements. The PCI version of the card is also used extensively for receiver algorithm development and also for undergraduate teaching labs. The PCI cards were designed by Aersopace Innovations. The ARM version of the receiver is known as the COUGAR and is the work-horse for our sounding rocket program.
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Aerospace Innovations GPS PCI card using the Zarlink GP2015 and GP2021 chip sets. These cards operate under RTAI Linux.
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COUGAR GPS receiver.
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