37071-00 Trimble Sync Interface Module

The Trimble Palisade is the latest in the Trimble Navigation family of smart antennas. The smart antenna allows OEMs and systems integrators to add GPS capability to their product lines quickly and easily, without becoming GPS experts. Trimble’s Palisade smart antenna encompasses the experience of four product lines: Acutis, Acutime, AcutimeII and Palisade.
Palisade, based on SierraTM GPS technology, is designed for wireless voice and data network synchronization. It offers precise PPS output, event input, and also supports long cable runs.
The Palisade is composed of a set of matched subsystems. This ensures optimal GPS performance, long-term reliability, ease of operation, and easy integration.
The Palisade houses the GPS receiver, antenna, power supply, interface and other support circuitry in a single enclosure that mounts like an antenna. As a sealed, shielded, self-contained unit with a digital interface, the Palisade eliminates most of the difficulties associated with integrating GPS. Once power is applied, the Palisade self-initializes, acquires satellite signals, and computes position, course, speed and time, automatically outputting this data to the host system.
To integrate the Palisade, the OEM only needs to add an interface port on the host system and develop a software interface. Standard interface protocols, such as NMEA 0183, and software interface tools, such as the GPS Tool Kit and Palisade Monitor, simplify this task, minimizing the engineering costs associated with integrating the Palisade.