The next step on the miniaturization of GLONASS receivers has been completed

Until now, the typical receiver of the GLONASS navigation signal was also allowed a small, but nevertheless, a printed circuit board, the typical size of which was several centimeters:


However, four days ago the media reported that now such receivers will be produced in the form of a thin, light, small, cheap chip - even smaller than that of a ruble coin:



Therefore, we can expect to embed them in mobile phones - for example, as part of the hardware support for augmented reality.
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This is a welcome breakthrough. Now things will be different - not like before. It is clear that the GPS + GLONASS receiver (which this chip is) sees in the skies significantly more satellites than a simple GPS.

In addition to the size, the equipment was also noticeably reduced. Even from one household fifteen-year-old battery ( standard AA , see photo on the right), the receiver with a hundred milliwatt consumption can operate for 150,000 seconds, which is just over forty hours.