Product Change Notification (PCN)

Topic: NEO-M8M, NEO-M8Q ROM firmware upgrade

Document ID: UBX-16013121

Author: Uffe Pless

Date: June 15, 2016

1 Affected Products

Product Name	Order Number	Type No (Old)	Type No (New)	Remarks
NEO-M8M	NEO-M8M-0	NEO-M8M-0-01	NEO-M8M-0-10	ROM FW upgrade
NEO-M8Q	NEO-M8Q-0	NEO-M8Q-0-01	NEO-M8Q-0-10	ROM FW upgrade

2 Type of Change

Type: Firmware update [x]

3 Description of Change

The affected products are identified by their Type Numbers:

Product Type No	Firmware version	Remarks
NEO-M8M-0-01 (old)	ROM 2.01
NEO-M8M-0-10 (new)	ROM SPG 3.01
NEO-M8Q-0-01 (old)	ROM 2.01
NEO-M8Q-0-10 (new)	ROM SPG 3.01

3.1 FW upgrade

A new firmware release, ROM SPG 3.01, will be applied to the affected products in production starting from the date indicated in Section 4. This new firmware offers Galileo reception, improved BeiDou performance, and other new features. For detailed change information, refer to the documents listed in Section 6.

4 Schedule

Samples: 30-June-2016

Estimated First Shipment Date: 30-Sept-2016

Documentation: See Reference Documents

Note: The Estimated First Shipment Date is a forecast for when customers may receive the changed product. This date is based on estimated inventory depletion and may be affected by supply and demand fluctuations. u-blox will continue to ship pre-change product until inventory is depleted.

5 Customer Impact and Recommended Action

u-blox has ensured that ROM SPG3.01 is backward compatible with the ROM 2.01 based NEO-M8M/Q modules. u-blox will provide samples of NEO-M8M-0-10 and NEO-M8Q-0-10 with ROM SPG3.01 for customer evaluation. Please contact your local Sales representative.

6 Reference Documents

[1] GNSS FW3.01 Release Note (UBX-16000319)
[2] NEO-M8 (FW3) Data Sheet (UBX-15031086)
[3] NEO-8Q / NEO-M8 (FW3) Hardware Integration Manual (UBX-15029985)
[4] u-blox 8 / u-blox M8 Receiver Description including Protocol Specification (UBX-13003221)
[5] NEO-M8 (FW3) Product Summary (UBX-16000345)
[6] u-blox M8 SPG3.01 Migration Guide (UBX-15028330)

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