• Athena GNSS engine for superior RTK performance.
• Dual-antenna heading accuracy of 0.03° and pitch/roll accuracy of 0.015° on a 2m baseline.
• Rugged IP68 enclosure with onboard data logging.
• SDK and ROS drivers available.
• Heave accuracy of 5cm or 5%.

The VS-i8 integrates Hemisphere’s Athena RTK engine with Honeywell IMU technology, providing precise position, velocity, angular rate, linear acceleration, roll, pitch, and heading data. Its compact design is suitable for marine, UAV, robotics, mapping, GIS, LiDAR, and mobile mapping applications.

The Hemisphere VS-i8 is a high-precision INS product utilizing Honeywell’s sensor fusion technology. It supports multi-frequency, multi-constellation RTK-ready navigation for various GNSS platforms.

• Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm; Weight: <0.5 kg.
• LED indicators for power, GNSS, navigation, and data.
• Connectors: 2x Fischer Core 16 Contact, 2x SMA for antennas.

• Operating temperature: -40°C to +71°C; Storage temperature: -40°C to +85°C.
• Humidity: 95% non-condensing; Enclosure: IP68.
• Shock and vibration resistance: 40g for 11 msec, 7.7g RMS 20-2000 Hz.

• Input voltage: 9 to 36 V DC; Power consumption: 7.5 W nominal.
• Antenna voltage output: 5 V DC maximum.

• INS with multi-frequency GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC.
• 1,100+ channels; GPS sensitivity: -142 dBm.
• SBAS tracking with 3-channel parallel tracking.

• Ports: 2x Power/Data; Interface levels: RS-422, RS-232, USB, Ethernet, CAN.
• Correction I/O: NTRIP Client, proprietary ROX format, RTCM, CMR.
• Output rate: GNSS 10 Hz standard, INS up to 100 Hz.

• Heave accuracy: 5 cm or 5%.
• GNSS outage performance varies with duration, maintaining high accuracy in position, velocity, heading, pitch, and roll.