VectorNav Technologies VN-200 Rugged GPS/INS

The VN-200 is a miniature, high-performance GNSS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (GNSS/INS) that combines 3-axis gyros, accelerometers and magnetometers, a high-sensitivity GNSS receiver, and advanced Kalman filtering algorithms to provide optimal estimates of position, velocity, and attitude.

OVERVIEW

Introduced in 2012, the VN-200 was the world’s first GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) in a single surface mount package. At the size of a postage stamp, the VN-200 SMD requires only a single 3.2-5.5V power supply and can be directly embedded into a user’s electronics. 

The VN-200 Rugged is the “plug and play” version of the VN-200 SMD. Enclosed in a clamshell precision anodized aluminium enclosure, the VN-200 Rugged offers additional protection of the internal inertial sensors, GNSS receiver and electronics. Interfacing with the module is made through a locking 10-pin connector, as well as an MMCX connector for an external active GNSS antenna.

SENSOR SUMMARY

• Continuous attitude solution over the complete 360° range of operation

• True INS Filter, no mounting restrictions, modes of operation or constraints required

• Compatible with external GNSS receivers: 

  • Multifrequency RTK capable

  • SAASM

• VectorNav Processing Engine (VPE) 2.0 for disturbance rejection, adaptive filtering, dynamic filter tuning

• Hard/Soft Iron Compensation 

• Coupled position, velocity and attitude estimates

• Solid-State MEMS inertial sensors

• Available with standard (@ 25°C) or full temperature compensation (-40°C to 85 °C)

• All sensors are individually calibrated for bias, scale factor, misalignment, and temperature over a full operating range (-40°C to 85 °C)

• 1 x 72 Channel GNSS Receiver:

  • GPS L1 C/A

  • Galileo E1

  • SBAS: L1 C/A

• Raw Psuedorange, Doppler and carrier phase outputs

• Up to 1 kHz IMU Data

• 400 Hz navigation and attitude data

  • Yaw/Pitch/Roll

  • Position and Velocity

• Coning and sculling integrals (ΔV’s, Δθ’s)

• Data output format: ASCII (VectorNav), NMEA-0183, Binary (VectorNav)

• VectorNav Control Center freely available for easy setup, configuration and logging

• ITAR-Free