Garmin chose STMicroelectronics’ Teseo GPS chip for Garmin person...
Garmin chose STMicroelectronics’ Teseo GPS chip for Garmin personal navigation devices, said Domenico Rossi, general manager of ST’s Car Radio and Multimedia Division. Since PNDs often suffer from the “shield effect” from the car windshield, ST’s improves tracking and…
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shortens GPS signal acquisition times, ST said. “A ‘warm start’ -- the acquisition of accurate time, satellite positioning and velocity (ephemeris) data that have been lost during the switch-off -- takes less than 34 seconds,” ST said. The new chip can also support satellite-based augmentation systems such as Wide Area Augmentation System and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, and it’s compatible with the planned Galileo system, ST said.