Telit Cinterion has launched a new family of dual-band GNSS positioning modules. The SE868K5 family of modules offer low power and usage profiles for customisation of applications including fleet management systems, e-mobility applications, road tolling systems, cellular base stations, automotive telematics systems, wearable sports training monitors, and other IoT verticals. 

Early marketing samples of the SE868K5 family are available now, engineering samples will be available in May 2023, and mass production will begin in June 2023.

A full dual-band (L1 + L5) module offering enhanced performance in harsh environments, the SE868K5-D is optimised for global deployment, while the SE868K5-I shares the same architecture in a defeatured design for cost-optimised application in the Indian market. Evolved from the 7×7 mm single-frequency SE873K5, the SE868K5 modules are an 11x11mm addition to the xE868 form factor family, utilising unified proprietary commands (PTWS) to allow for flexibility and easy migration within the product family. The SE868K5 architecture adds extra LNA(s) after the SAW filter for optimal performances as well as immunity to interference for the best co-existence with cellular and other radios.

“AIROHA, a world leading GNSS SoC provider, has partnered with Telit Cinterion for years in creating many successful GNSS solutions,” said Kevin Chen, General Manager at Positioning Communications Product Business Unit of Airoha Technology. The AIROHA’s low power AG3335 dual-band chip can receive signals from as many as six navigational satellite constellations and provides abundant computing power and memory capacity in sufficing flexible development of various applications. “This will definitely help our customers around the world shorten the time-to-market of their products and solutions amid rapid evolutions of IoT application requirements,” said Chen.

“As torchbearers in the IoT revolution and staunch enablers of the intelligent edge, we are delighted to offer a solution that not only meets the needs of our global customers, but our customers on the Indian subcontinent as well,” said Marco Argenton, VP of Product Management, IoT Modules, Telit Cinterion. “In leveraging AIROHA’s next-generation chipsets with our own proprietary technology, we are able to provide our customers with the best global and local solutions.”