What is the I/O Pin Configuration (number/layout) on this GPS receiver?
The earlier Magellan OEM boards used an 8-pin interface (as seen in G8 manual).
Does your Magellan GPS board have these markings (silk-screened on board)??
MAGELLAN Systems Corporation
GPS OEM 10 channel
P/N 00-81014-000
Date code: 1994
Magellan did produce a 10-channel receiver, ProMark X, used in some of their
consumer and OEM aviation/marine products in mid-1990s.
Ashtech G8 GPS OEM Board Reference Manual (circa 1998)
ftp://space.augsburg.edu/processed/MACCS/BU/boston_documentation/manuals/g8.pdf
GG12 OEM Board Reference Manual (circa 2000)
http://ashgps.com/mirror/20130710/OEM,%20Sensor%20&%20ADU/gg12/Reference%20Material/630831%20GG12%20Rev%20A.pdf
A12, B12, & AC12 Reference Manual (circa 2005-2007)
ftp://ftp.ashtech.com/OEM_Sensor_ADU/Legacy%20products/A12,%20%20B12,%20%26%20AC12/Reference%20Material/A12,%20B12%20%26%20AC12%20RM%20rev%20E.pdf
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> I have few old Magellan OEM 10 Channel GPS receiver. I want use them
> as a source of PPS on some passive radar. I'm looking for pinout or any
> manual. If anyone has any information I would be grateful.
> Best Regards
> Mariusz Pozoga.
History (Smithsonian now has records)
http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC1214.html
Ed Tuck of the Boundary Fund, a venture capital firm specializing in
technologies founded the Magellan Systems Corporation in 1986 and served as its
director from 1986 to 1993. Tuck assembled the initial team of Norm Hunt, Larry
Weill, Val Wong, and Sab Ifune to conduct a feasibility study in early 1986 to
pursue commercial markets for products based on global positioning system (GPS)
technology.
Magellan introduced the first handheld commercial GPS receiver in 1989 and was
the first company to make GPS devices affordable to consumers. Magellan
introduced the first handheld commercial GPS receiver in 1989 and was the first
company to make GPS devices affordable to consumers. The company successfully
introduced GPS products into the marine, professional, military and automotive
and general aviation markets.
Magellan was purchased by Orbital Sciences Corporation in 1994.
In 2001, Thales Group purchased the Magellan division of Orbital Sciences, and
the company became known as Thales Navigation.
In 2006, a private equity firm, Shah Capital Partners, and other investors
purchased Thales Navigation, and the company was officially renamed Magellan
Navigation. Magellan (also known as MiTAC Digital Corporation) is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of MiTAC International Corporation and promotes and
sells products and services under the Magellan brand name.
Magellan is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
http://www.magellangps.com
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