Theory of Operation
: Global Positioning Sytem (GPS)
Signal Name
Type
VBAT
Power
VDDS
Power
VDD_TCXO
Power
RTC_CLK
Clock
TCXO_CLK_LV
Clock
GPS_nShutdown
Input
GPS_UART_TX
Output
GPS_UART_RX
Input
LNA_ENABLE
Output
GPS_LNA_IN
Input
.
RF-VOCON-Exp
Interconnect
RF Board
Ant
3.0V
LNA
Table 3-13. Power and I/O Pins for NI5500
NL5500 ball(s)
A2, H1, D8
VSW_3.6 [U6504] (Vocon)
B3, G10, K5, E2
VCC_1.85 [U6508] (Vocon)
G1
VSW_3.6 [U6504] (Vocon)
H9
CPLD IO74 [U6101] (Vocon)
F1
TCXO [Y2204] (Expansion)
D5
CPLD IO91 [U6101] (Vocon)
F5
OMAP pin R9 [U6302]
(Vocon)
E3
OMAP pin M18 [U6302]
(Vocon)
H6
LNA [U1304] (RF) + LNA
[U2404] (Expansion)
L2
GPS antenna/front-end
SAW
LNA
Figure 3-42. GPS Block Diagram (VHF/700–800 MHz)
Source/Destination [ref]
(board
External Regulators
3.6V
2.8V
(VSW_3.6)
LNA Enable
GPS_EXT_LNA_EN (H6)
GPS_LNA_IN (L2)
SAW
Description
Main NL5500 power supply
I/O Power Supply
TCXO Power Supply
32kHz RTC
26MHz TCXO
GPS Reset
GPS UART TX to OMAP UART RX
OMAP UART TX to GPS UART RX
GPS External LNA Enable
GPS RF Input from antenna
Expansion Board
1.8V
(VCC_1.85)
VBAT
VDDS
VDD_TCXO (G1)
TCXO_CLK_LV (F1)
GPS IC
TI NL5500
GPS Tx
GPS_UART_TX (F5)
GPS Rx
GPS_UART_RX (E3)
32kHz RTC
RTC_CLK (H9)
Reset
GPS_NSHUTDOWN (D5)
3-61
TCXO
26MHz,
<0.5ppm
[OMAP 1710]
UART2 Rx (R9)
UART2 Tx (M18)
[CPLD]
IO74 (E2)
IO91 (D12)