NovAtel GPS System Offer
NovAtel Inc., a leading GPS manufacturer located in Calgary
Alberta Canada, is once again pleased to announce factory participation
in the 2008 International Aerial Robotics Competition, by extending
to all teams entering the Collegiate Class Event GPS receivers at
a special IARC competitor’s price.
NovAtel’s new 45,000 sq. ft. corporate
facility built in 1997.
During the last few years of NovAtel’s sponsorship of the
International Aerial Robotics Competition, over two dozen Universities
and Technical Institutions have taken advantage of NovAtel’s
offer for GPS hardware. With the release of the official 2008 Rules,
NovAtel will make available to all Collegiate teams two (2) dual
frequency OEM4-G2/G2L GPS receivers at the special IARC competitors
price. To date, this is the highest performance GPS product that
NovAtel manufactures.
The OEM4-G2-RT2/OEM4-G2L-RT2 GPS receiver will deliver real time
performance of 2cms, or better, with low data latency and up to 20
Hz position updates. The OEM4-G2/G2L receiver is designed to integrate
easily into various configurations and most teams will have little
or no problems using this GPS receiver. If you do have a problem,
NovAtel’s Customer Support Team is a phone call away.
Here are the details of the special pricing offer for the 2008
competition:
- The
special pricing offer on GPS hardware is available to all competitors
entered in the 2008 Collegiate Class Event. Only collegiate teams
that have qualified as an "official entry" will
be eligible for hardware. See General Rules Governing Entries
for the 2008 International Aerial Robotics Competition qualifiers.
- A
Collegiate purchase order for the equipment is to be placed with
NovAtel. Refer to point 4 (below) for part number and prices.
Note: Students will not be allowed to purchase equipment under
this offer.
- Upon
receiving notification of the teams official entry status, from
IARC, NovAtel will accept and process the institutions purchase
order. Brokerage and customs clearance fees will be responsibility
of the educational institution.
- The
hardware configuration consists of the following:
Base
1 - PROPAK-G2-RT2 - Receiver
1 - GPS-702 - Antenna
Rover
1 - OEM4-G2-RT2 or OEM4-G2L-RT2 - Receiver
1 - GPS-512 - Aircraft
antenna
1 - GPS-C006 - Antenna
cable, 5m
1
- 01016772 - MMCX
to TNC (bulkhead) cable
1 - Delivery
The
above base and rover configuration is available at a package price
of USD $2,700. No partial package configurations, or substitutions,
are available.
Radio
links for transmitting the differential GPS corrections to the
robot from the reference station are the responsibility of the
university. No radio links are available from NovAtel.
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