Swift Navigation Announces Full BeiDou and Galileo Support

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Aug 21, 2018 at 1:00 PM 59

Swift Navigation Announces Full BeiDou and Galileo Support for Piksi Multi

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swift Navigation , a San Francisco-based tech firm building centimeter-accurate GNSS technology and a Cloud-based Corrections Service to power a world of autonomous vehicles, today announced the latest firmware upgrade to its flagship product—the Piksi^® Multi GNSS Receiver. This marks the sixth major release to Piksi Multi since it was launched in February 2017 and the upgrade is available free of charge to Swift customers. The firmware release also enhances Duro^® , the ruggedized version of the Piksi Multi receiver housed in a military-grade, weatherproof enclosure ideal for long-term outdoor deployments.

Firmware Release 2.0 for Piksi Multi and Duro supports two additional major satellite constellations—the Chinese constellation ( BeiDou B1/B2 ) which once completed will contain 37 satellites and the European Union-based constellation ( Galileo E1/E5b ), which will eventually consist of 30 satellites. Adding to the existing GPS , GLONASS and SBAS constellations already supported by Swift’s GNSS receivers means that users will have more access and visibility from satellite systems across the globe. Piksi Multi’s performance will further improve over time as the total of 136 satellites planned for these major constellations are fully deployed. The addition of BeiDou and Galileo constellations creates more robust positioning performance in a variety of challenging skyview environments and puts Piksi Multi on par with leading industry receivers costing up to ten times a much. With this 2.0 release, Piksi Multi is feature complete and Swift’s engineering team has delivered on planned product features on the Piksi Multi Product Summary.

Firmware Version 2.0 Enhanced Receiver Performance Highlights Include

MSM Messages 4-7 —The new firmware adds support for RTCM 3.2 Multi Signal Messages (MSM). Though Swift devices already support RTCM 3.1, the addition of MSM allows for another flavor of differential corrections supported by BeiDou and Galileo, while also supporting both GPS and GLONASS with MSM new messages. MSM also allows for interoperability with other existing third-party GNSS receivers for all modern signals and constellations.
Fix Improvements —Firmware 2.0 provides Piksi Multi and Duro improvements on fixing in long base lines in poor atmospheric conditions, making the devices more resilient to Ionospheric effects during periods of high Ionospheric activity.
Higher Baud Rate Support for UART —New baud rates were added including 460800 and 921600.
Acquisition Improvements —Enhancements made allow Piksi Multi and Duro to power on to a usable signal more quickly and acquire satellites in start-up mode faster, by several seconds.

"The growing Swift engineering team has been hard at work developing Piksi Multi to its full potential,” said Samir Kapoor, Executive Vice President of Engineering and Product at Swift Navigation. “With support for all modern satellite constellations and multiple performance improvements, Piksi Multi offers unmatched affordability, priced at ten times the savings yet on par with other leading GNSS receivers.” Added Kapoor, “Swift’s vision of making GNSS devices that are centimeter-accurate, with fast RTK convergence times and robust positioning performance all at highly-competitive prices has come to fruition. With Piksi Multi feature complete, we look forward to adding to our line of products with additional offerings later this year.”

For detailed instructions on how to upgrade your Piksi Multi device, refer to the Getting Started Guide entitled Piksi Multi - Upgrading Firmware . For firmware release binaries and product support documentation visit support.swiftnav.com .

ABOUT SWIFT NAVIGATION

Swift Navigation , Inc. was founded in 2012 to make GPS positioning technology more accurate and affordable. Today Swift Navigation has gained a reputation for defining a new category of GNSS systems as the industry’s first low-cost, high accuracy real-time kinematics (RTK) receiver. Its GPS and GNSS positioning products are available at a fraction of the price of the competition and deliver 100 times better accuracy than the GPS in a cell phone. Swift Navigation’s technology benefits a multitude of industries and applications—including autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), precision agriculture, robotics, surveying and space. With its innovation and technology honored by Inc.’s and Forbes 30 Under 30 lists, Swift Navigation is enabling a world where fields farm themselves, drones fly safely and autonomous transportation can take you home. Swift Navigation provides an end-to-end GNSS solution with a line of Piksi^® Multi and Duro^® receivers and Skylark^™ Cloud Corrections Service. Learn more online at swiftnav.com, follow Swift on Twitter @Swiftnav

Press Contact: Molly Antos Dadascope molly@dadascope.com 847.848.2090

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/Attachm...f06bc3ff18

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