u-blox, a leading semiconductor provider of embedded positioning and wireless communication solutions for the consumer, industrial and automotive markets, is pleased to announce that small-outline AMY-5M GPS receiver module has been chosen as the GPS receiver for the new Globalstar next-generation SPOT Satellite GPS MessengerT.
u-blox’ GPS receiver enables the new SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger to quickly and accurately determine a user’s position with fast time to first fix. When activated, SPOT sends the user’s GPS location coordinates and select messages using Globalstar’s constellation of low-earth-orbit satellites, to friends, family or co-workers via an SMS message or email. The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger can be used to notify a response center of a user’s location. The SPOT unit can also be tracked visually on the web using Google MapsT or Google Earth. Because SPOT uses satellite technology, users can send their location information and messages regardless of cellular availability.
Consumer retail acceptance of the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger continues to grow since becoming widely available for sale in 2007. The product is now available at over 8,000 points of SPOT distribution world-wide. As of March 31, 2009 Globalstar had received orders to ship more than 120,000 units to customers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Western Europe, and
Australia.
For more information please visit www.u-blox.com/en/gps-modules/pvt-modules/amy-5m.html