u-blox has announced the expansion of their product offering with automotive qualified product variants added to their range of positioning and cellular wireless connectivity modules. The additions comprise the NEO-M8Q-01A and NEO-M8L-01A, and respectively the SARA-G350-02A and LISA-U201-03A. Manufactured according to the ISO/TS 16949 automotive supply chain quality management standard, these modules are thoroughly tested with an extended qualification process aimed at achieving the lowest level of failure rates. Leveraging the early production experience of tens of millions of professional grade modules, these automotive grade modules consistently reach excellent quality levels. With long product life cycle characteristics, their manufacturing management includes industry recognized processes such as automotive PCN, PPAP, and 8D failure reporting.
The NEO-M8Q-01A and the NEO-M8L-01A positioning modules provide concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and Galileo. The NEO-M8L-01A is ideally suited to providing 100% dead reckoning positioning coverage even in areas of weak signal such as in tunnels or multi-story car parks or those experiencing poor signal quality such as caused by multi-path reflections. This module is qualified to operate in at temperatures from -40 to +85 degrees and the NEO-M8Q-01 GNSS module is the first GNSS module able to operate across the extended automotive temperature range from -40 to + 105 degrees Celsius.
The SARA-G350-02A is a quad-band GSM/GPRS data and voice connectivity module that is certified for provisioning global connectivity. The LISA-U201-03A also provides global connectivity with 5 HSPA bands and data rates up to 7.2 Mbps. Both these modules accommodate the automotive operating temperature range from -40 to +85 degrees Celsius, have a compact footprint and consume very little power.
With these product additions, u-blox are able to supply a complete range of automotive grade connectivity and positioning modules for use in navigation systems, telematics, e-Call, road tolling, and ADAS applications. Their recently announced V2X and Wi-Fi modules THEO, EMMY, and ELLA complete this portfolio.
Samples are available in August and full production will commence in September 2016.
