Swift Navigation

Swift Binary Protocol (SBP)

The native binary protocol for Swift Navigation devices — Piksi and Duro GNSS receivers and the Starling positioning engine. 242 message types across 29 packages carry position, velocity, baseline and time solutions, raw observations and ephemerides, SSR corrections, integrity bounds, message signing, inertial and vehicle inputs, and device management. The machine-readable specification is published as YAML and every client library is generated from it, along with 225 JSON Schema documents for the JSON representation.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://swift-nav.github.io/libsbp/

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swift-navigation/refs/heads/main/json-schema/swift-navigation-json-schema.yml

Other Resources

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Specification
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swift-navigation/refs/heads/main/spec/swift-navigation-sbp-spec.yml
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SourceCode
https://github.com/swift-nav/libsbp
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ChangeLog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swift-navigation/refs/heads/main/changelog/swift-navigation-changelog.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swift-navigation/refs/heads/main/data-model/swift-navigation-data-model.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Swift Binary Protocol (SBP)
description: The native binary protocol for Swift Navigation devices — Piksi and Duro GNSS receivers and
  the Starling positioning engine. 242 message types across 29 packages carry position, velocity, baseline
  and time solutions, raw observations and ephemerides, SSR corrections, integrity bounds, message signing,
  inertial and vehicle inputs, and device management. The machine-readable specification is published
  as YAML and every client library is generated from it, along with 225 JSON Schema documents for the
  JSON representation.
humanURL: https://swift-nav.github.io/libsbp/
baseURL: tcp://{device-host}:55556
tags:
- Protocol
- GNSS
- Binary
- JSON-Schema
tags_raw:
- Protocol
- GNSS
- Binary
- JSON Schema
properties:
- type: Specification
  url: spec/swift-navigation-sbp-spec.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/swift-navigation-json-schema.yml
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/swift-nav/libsbp
- type: Documentation
  url: https://swift-nav.github.io/libsbp/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/swift-navigation-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/swift-navigation-data-model.yml