CSR debuts the first SiRFstarV product at Telematics Detroit
Date: Wednesday, June 06 @ 22:50:43 UTC
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The first SiRFstarV based product was debuted today at Telematics Detroit 2012 by CSR.
The SiRFstarVe is a location platform which encompasses 4 different GNSS technologies: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Compass. This has been certified for use in the Automobile industry and has been toughened to provide immunity from electrical interference that is associated with car dashboards. With these features there is a certain amount of future-proofing in the technology which is a critical factor for the auto industry where the long production cycles often obsolete technology before it gets to the showroom floor.
Earlier this year we saw a preproduction version of the SiRFstarV architecture running on an Android phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is a fusion of technologies, including GPS, wireless, and MEMS sensors combined with advanced software enabling positioning in the most extreme environments, including indoors. In fact the technology is so accurate it is claimed that it even knows what floor you are on in a shopping mall or multi-story car park.
The other good thing about this announcement is that we can assume that CSR are well on the way to getting these chipsets available for other devices, in particular the SmartPhone market, and it should not be long before we start to get mobile product announcements. Combine this with some of the indoor mapping projects that are underway and a new world of location based products will soon be opened up.
The official CSR press release follows with more details:
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