Ellipse 2 Series

MINIATURE ITAR
Free

HIGH PERFORMANCE 0.1°

RMS

Inertial Sensors IMU

AHRS
MRU
INS
VG

Navigation, Motion & Heave Sensing

ELLIPSE SERIES sets up new standard for miniature and

cost-effective inertial systems with an extremely rugged design,
cutting-edge sensors, enhanced capabilities, and advanced algorithms.
Ellipse 2 Series - The Most Advanced Miniature Inertial Sensors

ACCURACY KEY FEATURES

» 0.1° Real-time Attitude » High quality sensors

» Up to 2 cm RTK GNSS » GNSS receiver

Position » DGPS corrections
» 5 cm Auto-Adaptative » IP 68 enclosure
Heave
» 200 Hz output rate

Ellipse inertial sensors provide outstanding orientation and

position data in a small, light-weight, and rugged enclosure.
Incredibly versatile, you can connect your own GPS/GNSS
receiver or use the internal one, connect an odometer, receive
differential GPS corrections, etc.

GNSS-based Heading
Immune to magnetic
Product Line disturbances

Ellipse2-A Ellipse2-E Ellipse2-N Ellipse2-D

Roll, Pitch 0.1 ° 0.1 ° 0.1 ° 0.1 °

Heading 0.8 ° (Magnetic-based) <0.5 ° (External GNSS) 0.5 ° (GNSS-based) 0.2 ° (Dual-antenna GNSS)

Heave: 5 cm or 5%

Odometer aiding

DGPS corrections

Survey-grade
Navigation with external Internal GNSS receiver
Navigation L1/L2 GNSS receiver
GNSS receiver 2 m GNSS accuracy
2 cm RTK GNSS Accuracy

Post-Processing

Motion & Heave Monitoring Payload Orientation & Positioning Data Georeferencing
Features Inherited from High End INS/GNSS

Odometer Internal or
inputs External Pressure
ELLIPSE

IMU GNSS receiver Sensor

3 Axis Gyroscopes

3 Axis Accelerometers CPU

RS-232
3 Axis Magnetometers Calibration data RS-422
1 kHz Coning & Sculling CAN 2.0 OEM version available
Temperature Sensors
Extended Kalman Filter for Ellipse2-A/E/N models

Depending on the model

Advanced Filtering Calibration Motion Profiles

» Efficient vibration rejection » Extensive test and calibration from Select your motion profile (helicopter,
» Real time fusion of inertial, GNSS, -40 to 85°C car, etc.) and Kalman Filter, vibration
and aiding data (DMI, RTCM, etc.) » Easy hard and soft magnetic level, dynamics, magnetic disturbance
immunity are automatically adjusted.
» False GPS measurements rejection disturbances compensation

5 CM

High Accuracy Heave

Ellipse (A2 option) delivers a 5-cm accurate heave which auto-
matically adjusts to the wave period.

Ellipse is a cost-effective alternative solution for instrumented

buoys, helideck, or boat motion monitoring applications.

Helideck Monitoring System Pointing & Stabilization Orientation

Development Kit, all-in-one package for easy integration

Development Kit
Hardware
The Development kit comes with your Ellipse.
It contains:

» A quick start guide and the user manual,

» The calibration report,
» A USB cable,
» A USB Key including software and tools

All Ellipse models come with a two-year warranty.

sbgCenter

Software
The windows-based sbgCenter software allows:

» Real-time data visualization

» Easy configuration through motion profiles
» Data Analysis by zooming through time
» Export into Excel, Matlab, Google Earth formats
A C library, and some code source examples are provided.

Support Center

Support
As expert of inertial navigation, we are at your side, helping you to
get the most of your sensor:

» Free technical support by phone and email

» Unlimited firmware updates
» Dedicated support platform (Knowledge center, support answers
archive, documentation, etc.)
» Custom Training on demand

Navigation Dynamics Analysis Avionics

Specifications

ACCURACY (RMS) All parameters apply to full specified temperature range,

360 ° sensing in all axes, no mounting limitation unless otherwise stated. Full specifications can be found in
Model A E/N D the Ellipse Hardware Manual available upon request.
Roll / Pitch 0.1 ° 0.1 ° 0.1 ° / 0.05 ° (PPK)
Heading 0.8 ° < 0.5 ° GPS** < 0.2 ° Dual GPS*** PRODUCT CODE
Magnetometers* (> 1 m baseline) standard product options
Ellipse-D GNSS OPTIONS
Velocity*** - 0.1 m/s 0.03 m/s Contact your
Position*** - 2m Single point L1/L2: 1.2 m Representative
SBAS: 0.6 m
DGPS: 0.4 m ELLIPSE2-#-G#A#-##-####
RTK: 2 cm + 2 ppm (option)
PPK: 1 cm (option)
MODEL PACKAGING
Heave accuracy 5 cm or 5% Valid for A2 version A: AHRS B1 Box
Heave period Up to 15 s Automatically adjusts to the wave period E: Externally Aided INS RS-232/422
N: INS with integrated B2 Box
*Under homogenous magnetic field GNSS RS-232 + CAN
** Under regular acceleration, or automotive motion D: INS with integrated L1 OEM
*** Under good GNSS availability dual antenna GNSS TTL
PPK = Post-processing Kinematic. L2 OEM
RS-232/422 + CAN
GYROSCOPE
4: 450 °/s
INTERFACES 5: 1,000 °/s ACCELEROMETER
2: 8 g
Available data Euler angles, quaternion, velocity, position, 3: 16 g
heave, calibrated sensor data, delta angles & 4: 40 g
velocity, barometric data, status, GPS data, UTC
time, GPS raw data (Post-processing), etc.
Aiding sensors GNSS, Odometer (DMI), RTCM SENSORS
Output rate 200 Hz, 1,000 Hz (IMU data) Accelerometers Gyroscopes Magnetometers
Main Serial Interface RS-232, RS-422, USB - up to 921,600 bps Range ± 16 g ± 450 °/s ± 50 Gauss
Serial protocols Binary eCom protocol, NMEA, ASCII, TSS Gain stability 1000 ppm 500 ppm < 0.5 %
CAN interface CAN 2.0A/B - up to 1 Mbit/s Non-linearity 1500 ppm 50 ppm < 0.1 % FS
Pulses Inputs: Events, PPS, DMI (Direction or quadrature) Bias stability ± 5 mg ± 0.2 °/s ± 1 mGauss
Outputs: Synchronization (PPS), Virtual DMI Random walk/
57 µg/√Hz 0.15 °/√hr 3 mGauss
Model A & N: 2 inputs / 1 output Noise density
Model E: 4 inputs / 2 outputs Bias in-run
14 µg 7 °/h 1.5 mGauss
Model D: 3 inputs / 2 outputs instability*
VRE 50 µg/g² RMS 1 °/h/g² RMS -
Alignment error < 0.05 ° < 0.05 ° < 0.1 °
Bandwidth 390 Hz 133 Hz 22 Hz
INTERNAL GNSS
* Allan Variance, @ 25 °C
Engine, update rate N: 72-channel, 5 Hz, L1 C/A GPS,
GLONASS, QZSS, BeiDou, SBAS, GALILEO
D: 120-channel, 5 Hz
STD: GPS L1/L2/L2C, SBAS, QZSS PRESSURE SENSOR (models N & E)
Option: GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, RTK, RAW
Resolution 1.2 Pa / 10 cm / 0.3 ft
Cold start / Hot start N: 26 s / < 1 s
Pressure accuracy ± 50 Pa / ± 200 Pa Relative / Absolute
D: < 50 s / < 35 s

ELECTRICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL

MECHANICAL Input voltage A/E/N: 5 - 36 V
Box OEM model D: 9 - 36 V
Size models A/E/N: 46 x 45 x 24 mm 34 x 34 x 13 mm Power consumption A/E: < 460 mW
1.8 x 1.77 x 0.9 ” 1.34 x 1.34 x 0.51 ” N: < 650 mW
model D: 87 x 67 x 31.5 mm - D: < 2,500 mW
3.43 x 2.64 x 1.24 ‘’ -
Specified temperature A/E/N: -40 to 85 °C, -40 to 185 °F
Weight A: 45 g / 0.1 lb 12 g / 0.02 lb
D: -40 to 75 °C, -40 to 167 °F
N: 47 g / 0.1 lb 12 g / 0.02 lb
E: 49 g / 0.1 lb 12 g / 0.02 lb Shock limit 2,000 g
D: 180 g / 0.4 lb - Operating vibration 8 g RMS (20 Hz to 2 k Hz per MIL-STD 810G)
IP Rating IP68 - MTBF 50,000 hours
SBG Systems is a leading supplier of MEMS-based inertial motion sensing solutions.
The company provides a wide range of inertial solutions from miniature to high accu-
racy. Combined with cutting-edge calibration techniques and advanced embedded algo-
rithms, SBG Systems products are ideal solutions for industrial & research projects such
as unmanned vehicle control, antenna tracking, camera stabilization, and surveying
applications.

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