Septentrio
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Septentrio is a designer and manufacturer of high-end multi-frequency GNSS receivers. Its main target is to provide GNSS receiver boards for further system integration by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Septentrio's core technology is being applied in various professional fields such as land and airborne surveying
, machine control, precise agriculture
, marine applications, construction
, timing
etc.
, Belgium
, in January 2000 to commercialize the Satellite Navigation
know-how developed at the Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center
, the largest independent microelectronics R&D lab in Belgium
. In 2007 Septentrio received the Trends Gazelle award for the fastest rate of growth among Belgian start-up companies.
, Belgium
. There is also a sales and support subsidiary in Los Angeles
, California
.
Septentrio has an international team of experts, who cover all the fields of Satellite Navigation
technology. The company designs its own chipset
s, hardware
, firmware
and algorithm
s. Being a provider of high-end receivers for professional use, Septentrio prioritizes the reliability and precision
of measurements as well as high degree of flexibility and user control. Septentrio’s products make use of APME, the company’s original multipath
-mitigation technology, on-the-fly ambiguity fixing schemes based on the LAMBDA method, and advanced user-controlled RAIM
algorithm
s. Septentrio is also known to first introduce single-board attitude determination
systems based on the multi-antenna version of its GPS receivers.
Septentrio’s receivers were used to track experimental Galileo
signals transmitted by the GIOVE-A satellite and were also the first to track the signals of the first experimental satellite of the future Chinese Compass navigation system
. In the line of user products the company keeps its focus on multi-system receivers that make use of all the navigation signals available in the sky.
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
, machine control, precise agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, marine applications, construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
, timing
Time standard
A time standard is a specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes; or points in time; or both. In modern times, several time specifications have been officially recognized as standards, where formerly they were matters of custom and practice. An example of a kind of time...
etc.
History
Septentrio Satellite Navigation N.V. was incorporated in LeuvenLeuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, in January 2000 to commercialize the Satellite Navigation
Global Navigation Satellite System
A satellite navigation or SAT NAV system is a system of satellites that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. It allows small electronic receivers to determine their location to within a few metres using time signals transmitted along a line-of-sight by radio from...
know-how developed at the Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center
Imec
Imec is a micro- and nanoelectronics research center headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, China and Japan. Its staff of about 1,900 people includes more than 500 industrial residents and guest researchers...
, the largest independent microelectronics R&D lab in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. In 2007 Septentrio received the Trends Gazelle award for the fastest rate of growth among Belgian start-up companies.
Location
Septentrio's headquarters are located in LeuvenLeuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. There is also a sales and support subsidiary in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Activities
Global Navigation Satellite System
A satellite navigation or SAT NAV system is a system of satellites that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. It allows small electronic receivers to determine their location to within a few metres using time signals transmitted along a line-of-sight by radio from...
technology. The company designs its own chipset
Chipset
A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...
s, hardware
Hardware
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores....
, firmware
Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices...
and algorithm
Algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning...
s. Being a provider of high-end receivers for professional use, Septentrio prioritizes the reliability and precision
Accuracy and precision
In the fields of science, engineering, industry and statistics, the accuracy of a measurement system is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to that quantity's actual value. The precision of a measurement system, also called reproducibility or repeatability, is the degree to which...
of measurements as well as high degree of flexibility and user control. Septentrio’s products make use of APME, the company’s original multipath
Multipath interference
Multipath interference is a phenomenon in the physics of waves whereby a wave from a source travels to a detector via two or more paths and, under the right condition, the two components of the wave interfere...
-mitigation technology, on-the-fly ambiguity fixing schemes based on the LAMBDA method, and advanced user-controlled RAIM
RAIM
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring is a technology developed to assess the integrity of Global Positioning System signals in a GPS receiver system. It is of special importance in safety-critical GPS applications, such as in aviation or marine navigation.-General description:RAIM detects...
algorithm
Algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning...
s. Septentrio is also known to first introduce single-board attitude determination
Attitude dynamics and control
Spacecraft flight dynamics is the science of space vehicle performance, stability, and control. It requires analysis of the six degrees of freedom of the vehicle's flight, which are similar to those of aircraft: translation in three dimensional axes; and its orientation about the vehicle's center...
systems based on the multi-antenna version of its GPS receivers.
Septentrio’s receivers were used to track experimental Galileo
Galileo positioning system
Galileo is a global navigation satellite system currently being built by the European Union and European Space Agency . The €20 billion project is named after the famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei...
signals transmitted by the GIOVE-A satellite and were also the first to track the signals of the first experimental satellite of the future Chinese Compass navigation system
Compass navigation system
The COMPASS system is a project by China to develop an independent global satellite navigation system.COMPASS is not an extension to the previously deployed Beidou-1, but a new GNSS similar in principle to GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo.-General:The new system will be a constellation of 35 satellites,...
. In the line of user products the company keeps its focus on multi-system receivers that make use of all the navigation signals available in the sky.
External links
- http://www.septentrio.com
- APME multipath mitigation
- Attitude determination
- Multi-frequency combinations of observables
- Tracking Compass signals
- Trends-Gazelle award april 2007
- Septentrio's receiver at the MIZU geodetic station records the shift caused by the Tohoku earthquake2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiThe 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
- Septentrio reports the tracking of the GLONASS CDMA signalhttp://www.insidegnss.com/node/2563, see also GLONASS-KGLONASS-KGLONASS-K is the latest satellite design intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Developed by Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems and first launched on 26 February 2011, it is a substantial improvement of the previous GLONASS-M second-generation...