GPS personal navigation device

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GPS personal navigation device

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Overview

Our integrated circuits and reference designs help you create portable, rugged, reliable and more efficient global positioning system (GPS) personal navigation device designs that use satellite communications and wireless connectivity to provide precise location, altitude information, navigation assistance, and may include user activity and tracking information.

Design requirements

Modern GPS personal navigation device systems require:

  • More efficient power and battery management with ultra-low standby.
  • Vivid, high-resolution LED display with capacitive touch and audio feedback.
  • Multi-standard connectivity that includes GPS, cellular, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®.

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GPS personal navigation device

GPS GPS Memory Memory RAM RAM Flash Flash Audio output Audio output DAC DAC Class D amp Class Damp Non-isolated DC/DC power supply Non-isolated DC/DC power supply LDO LDO Buck converter Buckconverter Buck-boost converter Buck-boostconverter Boost converter Boost converter Load switch Loadswitch Voltage supervisor Voltage supervisor Sensing Sensing Capacitive touch & gesture sensing MCU Capacitive touch & gesturesensing MCU Motion sensing MEMS Motion sensingMEMS Temp sensing Temp sensing Ambient light sensor Ambient light sensor Wireless interface Wireless interface Antenna Antenna Wi-Fi Bluetooth Wi-FiBluetooth GPS module GPSmodule LTE module LTEmodule Battery charging Battery charging Battery charger Batterycharger Battery guage Batteryguage USB current limit switch USB current limit switch Charging port Charging port Camera module Camera module Image sensor Image sensor Digital processing Digital processing Applications processor Applicationsprocessor Logic Logic Level translator Leveltranslator Voice recognition Voice recognition Audio ADC AudioADC Codec Codec Output user interface Output user interface LCD bias LCDbias LED backlight LEDbacklight LCD display LCD display Haptics driver Hapticsdriver

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