GW16143 High Precision GNSS / GPS Mini-PCIe Card

The GW16143 is a high precision GPS Mini-PCIe card designed to provide precise positioning to applications utilizing Gateworks single board computers. It provides centimeter-level (<2cm) accuracy via GNSS positioning with concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou.

This is a wiki page about how to use the GW16143.

Please view the actual product page on the Gateworks website here:

• ​GW16143 Product Page

Here are a list of features:

• High Precision GNSS Mini-PCIe card
• Concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou
• Centimeter-level (<2cm) Accuracy GNSS positioning
• Integrated Multi-Band Real Time Kinematics (RTK)
• High update rate for highly dynamic applications
• Allows for “Base” and “Rover” Operation
• Two UART headers for external correction messages
• Timepulse (PPS) output header
• Uses Standard NMEA, UBX and RTCM Message Format
• USB to Serial Interface
• Status LEDs
• Rechargeable Lithium battery for faster cold start acquisition
• RTCM 3.x, SSR, SBAS Corrections
• <1.0m SBAS, <0.2m SSR, <0.03m RTCM 3.x
• Supports L1 and L2/L5 Bands
• -40°C to +85°C Operating Temperature
• Made in USA

Differential GNSS devices such as the GW16143 are starting to replace survey-grade equipment. Other radio cards such as the Gateworks GW16130 Iridium Satellite Modem or GW16132 CAT-M1 modem can provide communication links for the augmentation data. The GW16143 enables precision navigation and automation of moving machinery in industrial applications such as agriculture, mining, and field mapping.

u-blox ZED-F9P Information

• ​ZED-F9P Product Page
• ​Additional ZED-F9P Documentation
• ​ZED-F9P Data Sheet
• ​ZED-F9P Integration Manual

Hardware - Headers/Pinouts

J1 Antenna

Standard MMCX Connector (Molex 73415-2061)

Note an active antenna is required by the ZED-F9P

Recommended Antenna:

• u-blox ANN-MB-00 Multi-band active GNSS antenna w/5m cable and SMA Male connector ​Link
• Available at Digikey:​Link
• Gateworks mating cable (GW10074 MMCX to SMA Female): ​Link

J5 & J3 UART Headers

4-pin Right Angle 1.25mm header (Molex 0781710004)

Note, J3 uses UART2 and J5 uses UART1 from the u-blox ZED-F9P

Pin	Signal
1	3.3VDC +
2	UART_TX
3	UART_RX
4	GND

J2 Timepulse Header

4-pin Right Angle 1.25mm header (Molex 0781710004)

Pin	Signal
1	3.3VDC +
2	Timepulse
3	Interrupt
4	GND

LEDs

Reference	Description
D1	3.3VDC Power - Green
D2	Timepulse - Yellow
D3	RTK - Yellow
D4	Geofence - Yellow