SiP modules for asset tracking applications

Mouser now stocks the MIA-M10 GNSS SiP modules from u-blox. The ultra-low-power modules provide an ultimate game changer for miniature, battery-powered asset trackers for vehicles, smartwatches, personal navigation devices, pet tracking, industrial automation, and more.

The modules provide the company's ultra-low-power M10 GNSS platform, pairing the most power-efficient solution for size-constrained, battery-powered asset tracking devices with excellent sensitivity and acquisition times for concurrent reception of four different global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou). The ultra-small (4.5mm x 4.5mm), highly integrated SiP needs no external components, delivers 400% battery life, and requires just 20mm of board space.

The modules are offered in two product variants. The MIA-M10Q is aimed at a growing market of highly size-constrained battery-powered tracking devices. Its small size, low power demand, and performance make it a natural fit for wearable devices that watch the whereabouts and well-being of children, pets and livestock and for highly dynamic applications like small drones, cameras, bike computers, and battery-powered sensors. The second product variant, the MIA-M10C, is aimed at customers needing more flexibility to combine the module with an active or custom antenna circuit.

The company's EVK-M101 evaluation kit is used to evaluate u-blox M10 positioning technology. The kit comes in a rugged, compact metal housing (105mm x 64mm x 26mm) with a 14-pin front connector, permitting access to all chip interface pins for concurrent measurements. The kit provides an embedded u-blox M10 chip and includes u-center PC software for configuration, evaluation, and debugging of the company's GNSS products and services.