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NEW
PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT - New Vehicle Navigation Unit (VNU™)
Provides advanced dead reckoning for land vehicles
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| MINNEAPOLIS, MN, September 9, 2005 - Honeywell has announced the Vehicle Navigation Unit, a complete navigation subsystem, now ready for application on many types of wheeled land vehicles. The VNUT is designed to operate where GPS alone is inadequate Applications include light, tactical military vehicles, public transportation, hazardous material transport, and police and fire vehicles. |
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| The integrated GPS/dead reckoning system includes a digital compass, a triad of silicon MEMS accelerometers, a barometric accelerometer, a silicon MEMS rate gyro, an odometer sensor interface, and a GPS receiver all in a unified electronics package. This affordable navigation product does not need to rely on map matching. |
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| Key features include: |
- Continuous vehicle location with or without GPS
- Proven technology
- Sensor-based horizontal position and altitude data, designed to supplement GPS
- Static Azimuth (magnetic or true)
- Simple compass calibration
- Pitch and roll angle.
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| Many customizable options are available such as operation with or without the digital magnetic compass, multiple RS232/422 serial data interfaces, or external military or civilian GPS receiver. |
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| For more information regarding this product call 1-800-323-8295. |
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New Vehicle Navigation Unit™ provides advanced dead reckoning
for land vehicles where GPS is unavailable or inaccurate.
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