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From: gopstein@helix.squibb.com (Rich Gopstein)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Favorite LCD display?
Message-ID: <1271@soleil.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 91 13:39:38 GMT
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In article <548@cow.ecs.oz> bmp@cow.ecs.oz (Bruce Paterson) writes:
>In article <1267@soleil.UUCP>, gopstein@helix.squibb.com (Rich Gopstein) writes:
>> 
>> I am going to build an interface to an OEM GPS receiver with RS-232
>> output.   I would like to use an inexpensive multiline LCD display
>
>Now this caught my interest ! How much does on OEM GPS receiver cost ??
>Where are you buying from...etc (Note I'm in oz) ?
>Any engineering samples you no longer require......(Now that's really hopeful)
>

Sorry, there won't be any extra engineering samples... I'm buying this for
personal use (ie. playing around with).  The manufacturer is:

Magellan Systems Corp.
260 E. Huntington Dr.
Monrovia, CA 91016.
1-818-358-2363. 

The receiver costs about US$750, the antenna, P/S, and assorted other
hardware costs about $150.  It's a "fast scanning single-channel"
receiver, which I gather is less accurate than a multi-channel
receiver, but, for the price, you really can't complain.  They claim
about 30m accuracy when in 3-d mode.  I can live with that.

Magellan will send you (for free) a set of three technical guides
which describe the receiver pretty well.  If you have any specific
questions about it, just send me mail (or post).

-- 
Rich Gopstein

gopstein@squibb.com
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Rich Gopstein

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