Re: [Gumstix-users] Purchasing Audiostix2 old revision.

[MadAlexGumstix <Gum...@ma...>]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:43:36 +0200, "Isaias Punktin"
<pu...@gm...> said:
> 2007/10/22, MadAlexGumstix <Gum...@ma...>:
> >
> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:48:51 +0200, "Isaias Punktin"
> > <pu...@gm...> said:
> > > ... Im interested in buying an Audiostix2 board so i can solder on
> > > a Galileo u-blox LEA-5H module (it's size and pin-out is like LEA-
> > > 4H GPS module, as you can see in u-blox's product catalogue at
> > > http://www.u-blox.com/catalog/index.html).
> >
> > Can you actually _buy_ a LEA-5H yet?
>
> Actually... not. But i want to be prepared ;-). I don't know if u-blox
> is going to shell something like NEO modules for Galileo.

No offense, but IMHO unless you're already a Galileo equipment OEM
and/or have invested in a Galileo simulator, planning now for a low-cost
embedded GNSS module that "supports" Galileo is at least 5 years too
soon - the Galileo schedule currently says IOC in 2013, but I don't
think that date factors in the lateness in the technical design, the
funding burden shift from industry to EU, the late launch of the second
test satellite (SV), ....

Yes, I expect that u-blox will eventually sell a NEO-sized or smaller
module for the u-blox 5 chipset, but since:

 - Those size modules currently don't support flash for firmware
   upgrades, and ...

 - u-blox 5 hasn't been commercially released in module format yet,
   so I'd expect at least one firmware upgrades to shake the u-blox 5
   modules' firmware out, and ...

 - Firmware upgrades are likely to be mandatory after Galileo
   eventually shakes out their system and has enough birds in the
   air to make receiving them worthwhile, so ...

I'd expect real (provable, usable in the real world with real Galileo
SVs) u-blox 5 support for Galileo to be far enough down the road that
I plan to reserve my Galileo GNSS investment money for simulators
and/or other receiver OEMs' products.