How do I confirm if my GPS Unit really has SiRF Atlas-V. When I look in a device manager it shows "COM6 MStarGPS_1" and when I use GPS utility tool it shows the same thing "Port 6 MStarGPS #1"
I opened it up, but all I found was "PF08P" printed on top of the GPS chip
SiRF Atlas-V is a chipset that hosts a GPS RF chip and antenna so you wouldn't necessarily see any SiRF markings or an actual GPS chip. MStarGPS sounds like it could be the brand of your device? Pictures or more info on your device would help.
yea I don't really have much understanding about GPS chipsets, I thought maybe MStarGPS is a chip/receiver that is used in SiRF Atlas-V chipset? I also found out that MStarGPS is the cheapest GPS chip on the market.
Mstar is the chip's brand, ex. Mstar MSB2521 500MHz, as SIRF is a chip's brand, ex. SiRF Atlas-V 600MHz. YF produces boards for GPS devices with eiher MStar or SiRF chip, hence they are named YFMstart and/or YFAtlas.
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GPS Chip Confirmation - SiRFAtlasV ?
Posted - 06 mai 2012 : 01:52:13
