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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 VNU™ 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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