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sparky wrote:
Then you have the GM862-GPS and GE863-GPS. Yes! These will be very very cool and will scare the pants off all the people who are scared of big brother - because this little guy will be a wicked tracker.
Even if we could get an ETA, I wouldn't believe it. Telit is cool, but their marketing department is getting ahead of themselves. I imagine this is just a north america problem and that Telit is mostly already in Europe, but I don't know. Even if they were available, I don't think any NorthAmerican shopper can buy them from europe, because customs is going to refuse anything that says cellular and doesn't have an FCC ID (the current hold up for the GM862-Quad).
And so we wait. SFE will carry anything and everything that Telit is willing to ship us. We are ready to wire away huge amounts of money, but you can't get around FCC aproval...
-Nathan
jandirks wrote:Cool Components in the UK is selling these:
http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/index.p ... 2-QUAD-GPS
sparky wrote:Not to bad mouth Telit too much, but they continue to promote what I see as vaporware. I get a lot of inquiry emails about this so here is the current breakdown:uh...there are ways around that, at least for individuals, I wouldn't recommend for companies...the reason the restrict it is less for 'regulation' and more for other reasons, mainly the incorporation back in the 90s of the LBS and Clipper systems into all north american cellular systems. If you think it might not be true, go take apart a phone, Nokias are easiest, GSM recommended since they have an easy to use serial interface and look, you'll find them though the Clipper is less obvious since it's driven by the network and not the Flex like the LBS.
Telit has discontinued the GM862-PCS and Trizium
The GM862-Python is still available.
We got an engineering sample of the GM862-Quad 8 months ago, and it didn't work. I've been told Telit is getting held up with FCC approval for the GM862-Quad.
Once the Quad is out (no eta - I'm guessing months), then there is the GM862-Quad-Python. Then there is the get GE863 which is just the Trizium on steroids.
GE863-Quad
GE863-Python
Once these have been launched, then there is something called the GE864, which is a mini version (true BGA) of the GE863. More delay and FCC approval.
Then we have another board - I forget the name - GM864? that is some sort of an 'easy to use' modular thing for the GM862. I'm not sure.
Then you have the GM862-GPS and GE863-GPS. Yes! These will be very very cool and will scare the pants off all the people who are scared of big brother - because this little guy will be a wicked tracker.
Even if we could get an ETA, I wouldn't believe it. Telit is cool, but their marketing department is getting ahead of themselves. I imagine this is just a north america problem and that Telit is mostly already in Europe, but I don't know. Even if they were available, I don't think any NorthAmerican shopper can buy them from europe, because customs is going to refuse anything that says cellular and doesn't have an FCC ID (the current hold up for the GM862-Quad).
And so we wait. SFE will carry anything and everything that Telit is willing to ship us. We are ready to wire away huge amounts of money, but you can't get around FCC aproval...
-Nathan