MAX-M8C Parameters

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Part NameManufactuerCost Per Part ($)CommentsLinkVoltagePeak Current DrawComm Standards
NEO-M9NUblox27.00Newer iteration, higher data ratehttps://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/u-blox/NEO-M9N-00B/121491743.0V100mAUSB, UART, SPI, I2C
MAX-M8WUblox23.00Low Power Consumptionhttps://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/u-blox/MAX-M8W-0/61506373.0V67mAUART, DDC (I2C)
MAX-M8CUblox21.00Low Power Consumptionhttps://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/u-blox/max-m8c-0/61506353.0V67mAUART, DDC (I2C)

M8W and M8C are functionally the same. M8W supply voltage ranges from 2.7V-3.6V whereas M8C ranges from 1.65V-3.6V. M8C in stock, M8W not in stock

Part NamePosition AccuracySystems SupportedSensitivity (tracking and nav)

Max Altitude

Max Velocity

Cold StartHot SartReceiverTime Pulse AccuracyTime Pulse FrequencyUpdate RatePosition Accuracy
NEO-M9N2.0mGPS, Gallio, -167dBm

80km

500m/s

24s2sMulti-constellation GNSS standard precision receiver engineRMS 99%0.5Hz-10MHz25 Hz2.5m Circular Error Probability
MAX-M8C

2.5m (Autonomous)

2.0m (SBAS) 


GPS, GLONASS-164 dBm

50km

500m/s

29s1s72-channel u-blox 8RMS 99%0.5Hz-10MHz18 Hz2.5m Circular Error Probability

Circular Error Probability or CEP is defined as the radius of a circle centered on the true value that contains 50% of the actual GPS measurements.