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Product summary

MAX-M10 series
u-blox M10 standard precision GNSS modules

Standard

Ultra-low-power GNSS receiver for high-performance asset-tracking devices• Less than 25 mW power consumption without compromising GNSS performance• Maximum position availability with concurrent reception of 4 GNSS

Professional• Proven excellent performance, even with small antennas• Advanced spoofing and jamming detection• Pin-compatible with previous MAX products

Automotive

9.7 × 10.1 × 2.5 mm

MAX-M10M

MAX-M10S

Product description

GradeAutomotive
Professional
StandardGNSS••

GPS + QZSS/SBAS••

GLONASS••Galileo••

The MAX-M10 series is built on the ultra-low-power u-blox
M10 GNSS platform, which provides exceptional sensitivity
and acquisition times for all L1 GNSS systems.
The extremely low power consumption of less than 25 mW incontinuous tracking mode allows great power autonomy for
all battery-operated devices, such as asset trackers, withoutcompromising on GNSS performance.
MAX-M10 supports concurrent reception of four GNSS (GPS,GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou). The high number of visible
satellites enables the receiver to select the best signals.
This maximizes the position availability, in particular underchallenging conditions such as in deep urban canyons.
u-blox Super-S technology offers great RF sensitivity and can
improve the dynamic position accuracy by up to 25% withsmall antennas or in a non-line-of-sight scenario.
The MAX-M10S module integrates an LNA followed by aSAW filter in the RF path for maximum sensitivity in passive
antenna designs. MAX-M10M offers a cost and power
optimized setup without LNA and SAW filter.
MAX-M10 detects jamming and spoofing attempts andreports them to the host, so that the system can react tosuch events. Advanced filtering algorithms mitigate theimpact of RF interference and jamming, thus enabling theproduct to operate as intended.
Both modules offer backwards pin-to-pin compatibility withprevious u-blox generations, which saves designers time andcost when upgrading their designs.

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BeiDou••Number of concurrent GNSS

44

UART

11

DDC (I2C compliant)

11

Interfaces

Features
Additional SAW•

Additional LNA•

RTC crystal••

OscillatorCTTimepulse

11Power supply
1.76 V – 5.5 V
1.76 V – 3.6 V••
C = Crystal / T = TCXO

MAX-M10 series

Product performance

Package

Receiver typeu-blox M10 engine
GPS L1 C/A, QZSS L1 C/A L1S, GLONASS L1OF
BeiDou B1I/B1C, Galileo E1B/C
SBAS L1 C/A: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, GAGAN

18 pin LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier): 9.7 × 10.1 × 2.5 mm, 0.6 g

Nav. update rate

Up to 5 Hz (4 concurrent GNSS)
Up to 18 Hz (single GNSS)

Operating temp.

−40 °C to +85 °C

Storage temp.

−40 °C to +85 °C

Horizontal position 1.5 m CEP
accuracy 1			Environmental data, quality & reliability

Environmental grade 2015/863/EU RoHS-3
MAX-M10M 1

MAX-M10S 2Acquisition

Cold start		
Aided start
Hot start

28 s		
1 s		
1 s		

28 s
1s
1s

Sensitivity

Tracking & Nav.		 –165 dBm		
Reacquisition		 –161 dBm		
Cold start		 –148 dBm		
Hot start		 –159 dBm		

–167 dBm–161 dBm–148 dBm–159 dBm

Tracking features

EMC (electromag- 2014/53/EU RED
netic compatibility)
Environmental
testing

ISO 16750

Qualitymanagement

Manufactured and fully tested in IATF 16949
certified production sitesInterfaces
Serial interfaces

1 UART
1 DDC (I2C compliant)

Digital I/O

Configurable timepulse
1 EXTINT input for Wakeup

u-blox Super-S

Improved accuracy with small antennas

Data batching

Autonomous tracking up to 10 min at 1 Hz

Odometer

Measure traveled distance with support fordifferent user profiles

Raw Data output

Code phase data

Timepulse

Configurable: 0.25 Hz to 10 MHz

Real-time position accuracy estimate with 95%
confidence

Supportedantennas

Active and passiveProtocols

NMEA 4.11, UBX binary

Protection level

Security features
Signal integrity

RF interference and jamming detection andreporting
Spoofing detection and reporting

Device integrity

Receiver configuration lock by command

Secure interface

Signed UBX messages (SHA-256)
JTAG debug interface disabled by default

Compatible u-blox location services
AssistNow

Real-time online A-GNSS service with assured
global availability

CloudLocate

Extends the life of energy-constrained IoTapplications

Support productsElectrical data

EVK-M101

u-blox M10 GNSS evaluation kit withUBX‑M10050-KB chip and TCXO

Continuous (PSM 3)

EVK-M101C

2 GNSS: 27 (18) mW
3 GNSS: 30 (19) mW
4 GNSS: 34 mWu-blox M10 GNSS evaluation kit withUBX‑M10050-KB chip and crystal oscillator

u-center 2Highly intuitive software for GNSS performance evaluation

MAX-M10M

MAX-M10S

Tracking mode

Continuous (PSM 3)

Powerconsumption
at 3 V

2 GNSS: 19 (9) mW
3 GNSS: 22 (10) mW
4 GNSS: 25 mW

Powerconsumption
at 1.8 V

2 GNSS: 19 (9) mW
3 GNSS: 22 (10) mW
4 GNSS: 25 mW

2 GNSS: 24 (14) mW
3 GNSS: 27 (15) mW
4 GNSS: 31 mW

Product variants

Power supply

1.76 V to 5.5 V

1.76 V to 3.6 V

MAX-M10M

Backup supply

1.65 V to 3.6 V

1.65 V to 3.6 V

u-blox M10 concurrent GNSS LCC module,firmware in ROM, crystal oscillator

MAX-M10S

u-blox M10 concurrent GNSS LCC module,firmware in ROM, SAW filter, LNA, TCXO

1 = GPS/Galileo + SBAS/QZSS continuous tracking
2 = GPS/Galileo/Beidou + SBAS/QZSS continuous tracking
3 = Power save mode, 1 Hz cyclic tracking

Further information

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