PwrPak7 Overview

NovAtel's PwrPak7 is a scalable, high precision GNSS receiver in a lightweight, compact, environmentally protective enclosure. There are several hardware versions of the PwrPak7 to meet a range of GNSS applications.

• PwrPak7
  The PwrPak7 uses the OEM7700 receiver card to deliver scalable high precision positioning solution in a compact, lightweight enclosure.

• PwrPak7D
  The PwrPak7D is a dual antenna enclosure that uses the OEM7720 receiver card to provide a high precision positioning and heading solution.

• PwrPak7-E1
  The PwrPak7-E1 combines GNSS and INS hardware in a single enclosure to provide an easy to deploy SPAN GNSS+INS system. The PwrPak7-E1 uses an OEM7700 receiver card to deliver scalable high precision positioning and an Epson G320N IMU to deliver accelerometer and gyroscope measurements.

• PwrPak7D-E1
  The PwrPak7D-E1 combines dual antenna GNSS and INS hardware in a single enclosure to provide an easy to deploy SPAN GNSS+INS and ALIGN system. The PwrPak7D-E1 uses an OEM7720 receiver card to deliver scalable high precision positioning and heading, and an Epson G320N IMU to deliver accelerometer and gyroscope measurements.

• PwrPak7-E2
  The PwrPak7-E2 combines GNSS and INS hardware in a single enclosure to provide an easy to deploy SPAN GNSS+INS system. The PwrPak7-E2 uses an OEM7700 receiver card to deliver scalable high precision positioning and an Epson G370N IMU to deliver accelerometer and gyroscope measurements. The Epson G370N is a high performance MEMS IMU that provides higher data rates and improved SPAN performance.

• PwrPak7D-E2
  The PwrPak7D-E2 combines dual antenna GNSS and INS hardware in a single enclosure to provide an easy to deploy SPAN GNSS+INS and ALIGN system. The PwrPak7D-E2 uses an OEM7720 receiver card to deliver scalable high precision positioning and heading, and an Epson G370N IMU to deliver accelerometer and gyroscope measurements. The Epson G370N is a high performance MEMS IMU that provides higher data rates and improved SPAN performance.

• PwrPak7M
  The PwrPak7M is a variant of the PwrPak7 receiver with the Wi-Fi radio and 16 GB of internal memory removed. There are M variants of all six versions of the PwrPak7. For example, a PwrPak7M-E1 is a PwrPak7-E1 with no Wi-Fi and no internal memory for onboard log storage.

• PwrPak7Q
  The PwrPak7Q is a variant of the PwrPak7 receiver with the Wi-Fi radio removed. There are two versions of the PwrPak7Q. The PwrPak7Q-E2 uses an OEM7700 receiver card and an Epson G370N IMU to provide an easy to deploy, high performing SPAN GNSS+INS system. The PwrPak7DQ-E2 uses a dual antenna OEM7720 receiver card and Epson G370N IMU to provide an easy to deploy, high performing SPAN GNSS+INS and ALIGN system.

In this documentation, the term PwrPak7 is used to represent all hardware versions of the PwrPak7 enclosure (PwrPak7, PwrPak7D, PwrPak7-E1, PwrPak7D-E1, PwrPak7-E2, PwrPak7D-E2, PwrPak7M and PwrPak7Q). When a section applies to a specific variant of the PwrPak7 enclosure, the applicable receiver is identified (e.g. PwrPak7-E1 only).

The PwrPak7 provides the following features:

• Multi-frequency/Multi-constellation

• Dual antenna inputs for single enclosure heading solution (PwrPak7D, PwrPak7D-E1 and PwrPak7D-E2 only)

• SPAN GNSS+INS functionality

• Three serial communication ports, 2 RS-232/RS-422 and 1 RS-232

• One USB communication port

• One USB data transfer port

• Ethernet communication port

• Wi-Fi communication interface

• CAN bus port

• Event outputs

• Event inputs

• Pulse Per Second (PPS) output

• Wheel sensor inputs

• PPP, RTK, SBAS and DGPS positioning solutions

• GLIDE and ALIGN positioning options

• Enhanced interference mitigation

• 16 GB of internal memory

• Web User Interface

 

PwrPak7, PwrPak7D, PwrPak7-E1, PwrPak7D-E1, PwrPak7-E2 and PwrPak7D-E2 technical specifications are provided in PwrPak7 Technical Specifications.