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SparkPNT FPX-T GNSS Receiver with Tilt Compensation
· MPN: GPS-30879
The FPX-T is a high-precision GNSS receiver in SparkFun’s SparkPNT FP family, built around the modular Flex System. It arrives fully assembled with the u-blo...
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The FPX-T is a high-precision GNSS receiver in SparkFun’s SparkPNT FP family, built around the modular Flex System. It arrives fully assembled with the u-blox ZED-X20P module installed, giving you a ready-to-use positioning engine with sensor fusion support.
This model adds an integrated IMU for tilt compensation, making it suited to field positioning work where keeping the receiver perfectly level is not always practical. The enclosure is designed for real-world use, with an IP67 rated cast-aluminium housing and reinforced dome.
The FP platform is designed to be repairable and user-upgradeable. The receiver can be opened and the module switched out with a Phillips head screwdriver, and it uses open-source firmware to support long-term maintainability.
Documentation is available for the ZED-X20P datasheet, RTK Everywhere product manual, PointPerfect subscription registration, and GitHub firmware repository.
Features:
- High-precision GNSS device built around the modular Flex System of receivers.
- Designed to be entirely repairable and future-proof.
- Features the ZED-X20P from u-blox.
- Integrated IMU for tilt compensation capabilities.
- Arrives fully assembled with the module inside.
- Reliable positioning engine with a strong ecosystem and sensor fusion support.
- Repairable, user-upgradeable, and uses open-source firmware.
- The FP can be opened up and the module can be fully switched out with five minutes and a Phillips head screwdriver.
- Capable of L1/L2/L5/E6 reception with Galileo HAS support.
- MFi certified, ensuring compatibility with iOS devices.
- Enclosed high-powered 1W LoRa radio.
- IP67 rated cast-aluminium housing with a reinforced dome.
- Affordable and competitive price point when compared to similar devices.
- The ZED-X20P is capable of 6mm horizontal accuracy when receiving RTK corrections.
Specifications:
- GNSS module: ZED-X20P from u-blox
- Tilt compensation: Integrated IMU
- GNSS reception: L1/L2/L5/E6
- Galileo support: Galileo HAS support
- iOS compatibility: MFi certified
- LoRa radio: Enclosed high-powered 1W LoRa radio
- Housing rating: IP67 rated cast-aluminium housing with a reinforced dome
- Horizontal accuracy: 6mm horizontal accuracy when receiving RTK corrections
A strong option for survey, mapping, robotics, agriculture and other precision positioning projects that need repairable GNSS hardware with modern correction support.
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- Galileo
- Europe’s satellite navigation system. Galileo support can improve satellite availability and accuracy, especially when combined with GPS and other constellations.
- GNSS
- GNSS stands for Global Navigation Satellite System, an umbrella term for satellite positioning networks such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. Receivers use these satellites to determine position, and high-precision units can output a steady stream of serial position data.
- IMU
- An IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) combines motion sensors, typically an accelerometer and gyroscope and sometimes a magnetometer, to measure movement and orientation. It can sense motion, tilt, vibration, rotation, and changes in direction, which is useful for tasks such as navigation, stabilisation, gesture detection, and asset tracking.
- IP67
- An ingress protection rating meaning the enclosure is dust-tight and can survive temporary immersion in water under specified test conditions. This matters when choosing a sensor for outdoor, wet, or wash-down environments.
- L5
- A modern GNSS signal band used by several satellite systems for more accurate and robust positioning. Dual-band receivers that include L5 can often perform better than single-band receivers, especially for RTK and areas with reflected signals.
- LoRa
- LoRa is a long-range, low-power wireless radio technology often used for telemetry, remote sensors and other links that send small amounts of data over long distances. It is distinct from Bluetooth and WiFi, so sharing a connector or pinout with LoRa hardware does not mean a device actually uses LoRa.
- RTK
- Real-Time Kinematic positioning is a GNSS technique that uses correction data from a base station to greatly improve location accuracy. It matters if you need centimetre-level positioning for robotics, mapping, surveying, or tracking rather than ordinary metre-level GPS accuracy.
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