REB-3310 Operational Manual 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REB-3310 Operational Manual 
Version 1.0 
2005/4/7 
 
 
 
 
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REB-3310 Operational Manual 
 
 
RoyalTek GPS Module: REB-3310 Operational Manual 
 
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................  3 
PRODUCT FEATURES ....................................................................................................….  3 
PRODUCT APPLICATIONS ..................................................................................................  3 
PRODUCT PICTURE................................................................................................................ 4 
REB-3310 SERIES SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM..................................................................  6 
REB-3310 TECHNIQUE SPECIFICATION..........................................................................…. 7 
APPLICATION CIRCUIT .....................................................................................………….. 
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RECOMMENDED LAYOUT PAD ............................................................................………….. 9 
GPS ANTENNA SPECIFICATION ................................................ ........................................ 10 
MECHANICAL LAYOUT .......................................................................................……….…...11 
HARDWARE INTERFACE …….............................................. ................................................12 
DEFINITION OF PIN ASSIGNMENT ........................................................ ......................……13 
SOFTWARE INTERFACE................................................................................…… ……….…15 
NMEA V3.0 PROTOCOL..................................................................................…… ……….…15 
GPS RECEIVER USER’S TIPS......................................................................................……..20 
MTBF ESTIMATION………………….............................................. .......................……......… 21 
PACKAGE SPECIFICATION AND ORDER INFORMATION................. ................……......…21 
CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION....................................................................……......…21 
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REB-3310 Operational Manual 
 
RoyalTek GPS Module: REB-3310 Operational Manual 
Introduction 
RoyalTek REB-3310 low power and small form factor board is the newest generation 
of RoyalTek GPS Receiver. The GPS receiver is powered by SiRF Star III technology 
and  RoyalTek  proprietary  navigation  algorithm  that  providing  you  more  stable 
navigation data. The smallest form factor and miniature design is the best choice to be 
embedded  in  a  portable  device  like  PDA,  personal  position  and  navigation  like 
personal locator, speed camera detector and vehicle locator. The excellent sensitivity 
of REB-3310 gets the great performance when going though the urban canyon and 
foliage. 
 
Product Features 
  20 parallel channels 
  Extreme fast TTFF at low signal level 
  Operable from 3.3V/72mA continuous mode. 
  SMT type with stamp holes 
  Pin reserved for Backup battery and RF connector 
  TCXO design 
  7 I/O lines(GPIO) available to connect 
  0.1 second reacquisition time 
  Small form factor. 
  NMEA-0183 compliant protocol/custom protocol. 
  Enhanced algorithm for navigation stability 
  Excellent sensitive for urban canyon and foliage environments. 
  SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS and MSAS) support 
  Auto recovery while RTC crashes 
  Trickle power supported 
  ARM 7 CPU core accessible. 
  4/8/16Mbits Flash Memory. 
 
Product applications 
  Automotive navigation 
  Personal positioning and navigation 
  Marine navigation 
  Timing application 
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Product Picture 
REB-3310 
Pin16 
Pin 15 
Pin 32 
Pin 1
 
 
 
REB-3310 Interface Board 
The interface board   
 
PIN 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
REB-3300 
VCC 
GND 
Boot select 
RXA 
TXA 
TXB 
RXB 
GPIO_3 
RF_ON 
GND 
GND_A 
GND_A 
GND_A 
4
REB-3310 
VCC_IN 
GND 
BOOT 
RXA 
TXA 
TXB 
RXB 
GPIO_14 
RF_ON 
GND 
GND_A 
GND_A 
GND_A 
 
REB-3310 Operational Manual 
 
GND_A 
GND_A 
GND_A 
RF_IN 
GND_A 
V_ANT_IN 
VCC_RF 
V_BAT 
Reset 
GPIO_10 
GPIO_6 
GPIO_5 
GPIO_7 
GPIO_13 
GPIO_15 
PPS 
GND 
 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
GND_A 
GND_A 
GND_A 
RF_IN 
GND_A 
V_ANT 
VCC_RF 
Battery 
IC_RESET 
GPIO_10 
GPIO_1 
GPIO_5 
GPIO_0 
GPIO_13 
GPIO_15 
TIMEMARK 
GND 
RoyalTek Evaluation Kit REV-2000 for REB-3310 
(Please refer to RoyalTek Evaluation Kit REV-2000 for REB-3310 Operational Manual 
for more information) 
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REB-3310 Series System Block Diagram 
REB-3310 engine board consists of SiRF star III chipset technology; 4/8/16Mbits flash memory, 
and proprietary software. The system is described as follows. 
a.  Support external active patch antenna 
b.  Support 4/8/16 Mega bits flash memory 
c.  30 I/O pins 
 
 
 
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REB-3310 Technique Specification 
ImpedanceG50[ 
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Function 
Specification 
GPS receiver 
Frequency 
Sensitivity (Tracking) 
1  Chipset 
2 
3  Code 
4  Channels 
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6  Cold start 
7  Warm start 
8  Hot start 
9  Reacquisition 
10  Position accuracy 
11  Maximum altitude 
12  Maximum velocity 
13  Trickle power mode   
14  Update rate 
15  Testability 
16  Protocol setup 
17  DGPS 
Interface 
18 
I/O Pin 
Mechanical requirements 
19  Weight 
Power consumption 
20  Vcc 
21  Current 
22  Trickle power mode   
Environment 
23  Operating temperature 
24  Humidity 
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Interface Protocol 
 
 
SiRF Star III 
L1 1575.42MHz. 
C.A. Code. 
20 
-159dBm. 
37 sec 
35 sec 
1 sec 
0.1sec typical 
25m CEP. 
  34%. (Variable) 
18000 m 
514 m/s 
Duty cycle 
Default: disable (option: enable) 
Continuous operation: 1Hz 
It shall be able to be tested by SiRF test mode 4 and single 
channel simulator. 
It shall store the protocol setup in the SRAM memory. 
1.WAAS, EGNOS 
2.RTCM protocol 
30pin stamp holes 
3.5g 
DC 3.3 ±5% 
REB-3310: 
Current 72mA@3.3V typical (w/o ext. antenna) 
Average current 
  39mA@3.3V typical (w/o ext. Antenna) 
-30 ~ 85J 
95% 
1. NMEA 0183 ver 3.0, GGA, GSA, RMC and GSV once per 
2. SiRF Protocol 
3. 4800 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bits 
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Application Circuit 
 
(1)  Ground Planes: 
REB-3310 GPS receiver needs two different ground planes. The GND_A pin(11B
12B13B14B15B16B18) shall be connect to analog ground. 
The GND pin(2B10B30) connect to digital ground. 
(2)  Serial Interface: 
The Serial interface pin(RXABTX1BTXBBRXB) is recommended to pull up(10K[). 
It can increase the stability of serial data. 
(3)  Backup Battery: 
It’s recommended to connect a backup battery to V_BAT. 
In order to enable the warm and hot start features of the GPS receiver. If you don’t 
intend to use a backup battery, connect this pin to GND or open. 
If you use backup battery, shall need to add a bypassing capacitor (10uF) at V_bat 
trace. It can reduce noise and increase the stability. 
(4)  Antenna: 
Connecting to the antenna has to be routed on the PCB. The transmission line must 
to controlled impedance to connect RF_IN to the antenna or antenna connector of 
your choice. 
(5)  Active antenna bias voltage: 
The Vcc_RF pin (pin 20) is providing voltage 3.0V. If you use active antenna, you 
can connect this pin to V_ANT_IN pin (pin 19) to provide bias voltage of active 
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