[time-nuts] Galaxy NOTE GPS-Glonass

[Magne Mæhre]

On 03/19/2012 07:51 PM, Geraldo Lino de Campos wrote:
> The Samsung phone/tablet Galaxy NOTE has a combined GPS Glonass receiver,
> of very good sensitivity. For instance, in an indoor location near windows,
> it sees 7 GPS satellites, while a Chinese car GPS sees only 3. In addition,
> it sees 4 Glonass satellites. AFAIK it is the first affordable combined
> receiver.
>
> Is there any information about the chipset used? Is it available in
> distributors? Any information about instruments using both families of
> satellites for timing purposes?

They use the Broadcom BCM47511 chip

--Magne / la1bfa