New u-blox ZED-X20P All-Band Chip Released

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New u-blox ZED-X20P All-Band Band Chip Released

Receiver type
672-channel u-blox X20 engine
GPS L1C/A, L2C, L5
GAL E1B/C, E5a, E6 BDS B1I, B1C, B2a, B3I
QZSS L1C/A, L1C/B*, L2C, L5, L6
NavIC L1*, L5
SBAS L1C/A
Nav. update rate
RTK up to 25 Hz

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From their website:
An all-band GNSS receiver supports all available satellite constellations and frequencies, as well as multiple frequency bands like L1, L2, L5, L6, and L-band. By receiving signals from all these sources simultaneously, it enhances positioning accuracy and reliability, even in challenging environments. This multi-frequency capability helps reduce signal obstructions and minimize errors caused by multipath effects, making it ideal for applications where precision is critical - such as surveying, autonomous vehicles, and industrial automation.

The all-global capability ensures accurate positioning anywhere in the world, enabling seamless global deployment. Thanks to advanced correction technologies like RTK, PPP-RTK,and PPP. With support for services like PointPerfect Global, these receivers provide centimeter-level accuracy on a global scale. Whether in remote locations or dense urban environments, all-global receivers deliver consistent, real-time positioning data, making them essential for precision agriculture, maritime navigation, and smart infrastructure development.

By combining all-band and all-global capabilities, GNSS receivers offer a robust, high-accuracy solution for demanding applications where reliability and precision matter most.

Hopefully Emlid combines it with tilt compensation and a UHF radio options.

Here is ArduSimple offering: https://www.ardusimple.com/new-product-simplertk4-optimum-with-u-blox-zed-x20p/

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for sure they know about it as they are Ublox partners, but they have RS3 and RS2+ stocks that need to be sold, if a new low cost gnss receiver comes now with a better specifications then this will affect the sales.

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Not only are they fully aware but I would be willing to be they’re already in engineering and I would also bet their stock vs. new release plans are pretty efficient. Nothing to see here.

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Damn it man ! I just bought the M10 about 3 months ago

I can’t keep up !

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In my follow up search for more information on the ZED-X20P chip, I saw that it had already been mentioned by avril.jil on a post on the sparkfun community board on Sept. 28, 2024.

It mentioned an announcement by u-blox on Aug. 15th, 2024 of the upcoming chip for an expo. There was also a press release on Sept. 24, 2024 from u-blox about the X20P chip that I had missed.

Hopefully, Emlid will be releasing their version of the X20P receiver sometime this year, though Sparkfun on their board in Oct. 2nd, 2024 had mentioned that they thought it would be late 2025 or early 2026 for release of their products using the X20P chip. Ardusimple is supposed to be shipping an evaluation kit using the ZED-X20P chip around May 12th.
I might order a couple of the boards to play around with for static use, but only if they come with onboard datalogging with MicroSD card capability like most of the their other GNSS kit offerings. For actual field use, I would much prefer a finished product from Emlid.

It will be interesting to see Emlid’s price point and product/options for the new chip. With Hexagon/Leica buying out Septentrio, I would think there would be pressure for Septentrio chip prices to rise so there would be less mainstream competition in the market, though hopefully I will be wrong.

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That’s too far out. Hopefully Emlid beats them to the punch… not that Sparkfun is any threat to Emlid at all, but we aren’t getting any younger here either. (I.e. Flow development really needs to hit warp speed).

Considering the technology out there of the chinese brands (yet Emlid products are made in China?), I am really wondering if any of those awesome features will be implemented? I.e. AR staking, cameras, built in laser EDM for remote measuring / staking (including vertical / 3d surfaces, not just horizontal). What would be even cooler, scale down automated robotic total station functionality into the size of an Emlid receiver. :wink: considering it’s been welllllllll over 35 years since the first “robotic” total stations… waaaay overdue for something earth shattering.

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Something “earth shattering” would be the mass production of “atomic time scale” chip available for the mass market. This would completely disrupt the entire PNT-GNSS industry. Imagine a time scale so small and accurate that simply using this would give positions an order of magnitude (or several) greater than what’s available now. Deflection of the vertical and geoid undulation determination would be common place.

I’m sure this technology is available now to the military, but being available to the public is probably at least several decades down the road.

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