Simrad has recently launched the HS70 GPS compass, a compact, low-cost compass that features three rate sensors to increase navigational safety.
The compass is NMEA2000-certified and offers communication over NMEA2000 network as standard and NMEA0183 as an option. It provides the greatest degree of accuracy for its size and unlike traditional compasses, features three rate sensors that measure heave, pitch and roll of the vessel. The HS70 is designed to deliver a quick time-to-first-fix and also excellent in-band and out-of-band interference rejection. It features two multipath-resistant antennas and offers 0.75-degree heading accuracy and a 1.0 metre differential positioning accuracy 95 percent of the time.
As the Simrad HS70 has no black box, it is maintenance free and extremely portable. Additionally, its compact size – with an all-in-one antenna measuring only 40 centimetres – allows it to be easily mounted to any flat surface or pole.
The compass uses SBAS for differential GPS positioning and thus provides users with an effective low-cost heading- and position-based smart antenna. Integrated gyro and tilt sensors deliver fast start-up times and provide heading updates during temporary loss of GPS. COAST technology maintains differentially-corrected positioning for 40 minutes after loss of differential signal.
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