Re: [gpsd-users] NL-402U vs NL-602 ?

[Benjamin Armbruster]

Am Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:49:48 -0700
schrieb "Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden>:

> Yo Benjamin!
> 
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:10:56 +0200
> Benjamin Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > > not so good for time keeping.  I see the NL-602U is a uBlox6 which
> > > is an excellent chip.  The NL-402U is a uBlox5 which also performs
> > > well.
> > Well, none of my mobile computers offers a serial port, so I'm stuck
> > with USB.
> 
> Yup.  
> 
> > I'm aware that digitizing the analog signal is not the best
> > to do, but I have no other option.
> 
> But if time was important you have other options.
> 
> > Is it really that much of a problem?
> 
> iIf +/- 50 milli Sec does not matter to you, then no problems at
> all for you application.
> 
> >  Mainly, I will be using the device for
> > navigation/localisation, so accuracy is important. 
> 
> By that you mean positional accuracty, not temporal accuracy.  Either
> should be fine, but i expect the uBlox6 would win by a nose.
> 
> RGDS
> GARY
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I bought the NL-602U and will be reporting how it performs.

Thank you so far!

Regards, Benni