Chip offers continuous location to portables

Chip offers continuous location to portables

Initially targeting digital cameras, the Airwave-1 chip continuously tracks the user’s location and consequently can also provide instant location updates (eliminating time-to-first-fix), all with negligible power drain. The part uses as little as 1% of the power required by current GPS solutions and consumes only 1 mA when continuously tracking.

It uses an adaptive technology which maintains a constant watch on its location but can almost instantly focus to provide a pin-point fix. The single chip contains all RF and digital hardware and the software needed to calculate location data. It outputs location data in a format that enables simple integration into consumer devices. (Call company for pricing—samples available summer 2008)

Air Semiconductor , Swindon , U.K.
Stephen Graham 011-44-1793-435360
http://www.air-semi.com