Addressing a wide range of

professional applications with

high-end GNSS receivers

Galileo Application Days

Brussels, 5 March 2010

Alain Suskind

Contents

Company introduction

Professional applications

Opportunities and trends

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Company overview

Spin-off of Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center

International team of GNSS HW, SW and navigation experts covering the full GNSS receiver development cycle

Leading European developer of high-end

GPS and Galileo receiver technology

MISSION

Design, develop & commercialize

High-end OEM satellite navigation products

Based on the company’s proprietary satellite navigation technology

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Our technology

Advanced Septentrio GNSS chipset (RF, digital)

AsteRx and PolaRx platforms :versatile receiver cards

Firmware for high performance and flexibility

GNSS/INS integrated solutions

Certifiable receiver technology

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Founding Member of Galileo Services

Participating in Galileo Receiver Design Program since beginning :

Delivered first Galileo receiver model to ESA (2004)

Delivered GSTBv2 receivers Used to receive very first Galileo Signal from Space Worldwide Galileo satellite tracking network

Leading Consortium for Test User Segment Delivered first full Test User Receiver to ESA

Participating in European GNSS application projects with receiver technology

Galileo and Septentrio:Involved from the start

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Target markets

precision

SurveyMapping

Military

Aviation

MarSurvey

PrecA

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Mach Ctl

PrecA

gGIS

Prof MarNav

Science

Consumer

(incl HH,

Mar, ...)

HH/911

LBS

Misc Precision

Nav/Autom.

Timing

Tracking

10m m dm cm mm

Car Nav

Land and aerial survey

Measure positions with accuracies down to a few cm for mapping,

engineering and construction,

seismic and exploration,

transport and utilities

...

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Machine control in mining, construction

and precision agriculture

Heavy off-road machines are equiped with GPS to assist in precise work or even full automation, resulting in increased productivity, higher yields, lower waste and higher safety.

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Marine survey and engineering

Precise off-shore positioning for

maritime survey

exploration

dredging

pipe and cable laying

offshore and deep sea construction

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Automation and robotics

e.g. Harbour automation

e.g. unmanned vehicles

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Aviation

Certifiable GPS for use in aircraft

navigation and GPS-assisted approach and landing

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Where am I on the world?

Instantaneous location information has become and will continue to be crucial in today’s and tomorrow’s economy, both for private and professional users.

GNSS is at the core of many practical solutions for meeting industrial/professional location needs.

Additional GNSS systems will expand and enhance critically the applicability of GNSSin ever more difficult applications.

Precision (better than 1m) and integrity (reliability) is becoming a critical requirement in many outdoor applications.

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Opportunities

The success of mass market consumer GPS, notably in the car navigation and PND (Personal Navigation Devices), has increased the awareness of the possibilities of GPS dramatically, also in the professional market.

The modernization of GPS, the rehabilitation of GLONASS and the development and deployment of Galileo and the Chinese Compass system, is creating a multi-constellation world that enables many new services, but also requires significant investment in new GNSS hardware.

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Addressing the trends and needs

Support present and future signals Multi-constellation receivers

Multi-antenna receivers

Availability and accuracy Algorithmic extensions

Hybridisation

Ease of use API

Wide range of interfaces

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Extending the application range

More and more users expect GPS to work everywhere, but are unaware of or don’t accept its limitations.

The ubiquity of location information will increase requested robustness beyond GNSS capabilities: hybridisation is increasingly considered as a solution to eliminate the limitations of (stand-alone) GNSS

Inertial sensors

Environmental sensors

Ranging information

Others?

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Septentrio’s technology: ready for the future

GNSS expertise over the full development cycle

State-of-the-art GNSS receiver hardware for precision location (cm-level)

Flexible and application-oriented team

Price competitive/high quality OEM receivers

Unique in Europe

Close contacts with ESA, EC and other European bodies

Ideal partner for advanced commercial user applications and Galileo developments

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Alain Suskind +32 16 300 800Program Manager alain.suskind@septentrio.comPlease visit our website www.septentrio.com

Thank you !