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Fastest acquisition performance in the GPS market

u-blox 5 boasts the fastest acquisition engine in the GPS market. The u-blox 5 chip is composed of two separate engines, one devoted exclusively to acquisition and one correlator engine for tracking. With over 1 million correlators, the dedicated acquisition engine is capable of massively parallel searches.

50 Channels
Over 1 million correlators
Simultaneously receives GPS, WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS and Galileo satellites

Overall, u-blox' fifth generation chip boasts a 50-channel architecture that enables satellite acquisition in less than 1 second and -160 dBm acquisition and tracking sensitivity.

A-GPS performance standards

Additionally, u-blox 5 greatly greatly exceeds the minimum requirements for the following A-GPS performance standards:

E-911 Phase II
UMTS / GSM: 3GPP TS 25.171
CDMA: TIA.916

Spontaneous acquisition

Under good signal conditions, satellites are all acquired within the first second, from the moment you switch on the u-blox 5 receiver, as depicted in the screenshot.

Ultra-fast acquisition