Pin reduction design of gps synchronization signals for autonomous vehicles

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving a first synchronization signal from an electronics receiver, the electronics receiver receives one or more signals from one or more communication satellites of a navigation satellite system;
• receiving a second synchronization signal from the electronics receiver;
• generating a data stream based on the first and second synchronization signals;
• and
• transmitting the data stream to one or more subsystems or sensor modules of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), wherein the data stream is used for localization and time synchronization for the one or more subsystems or sensor modules.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including
• receiving a first synchronization signal from an electronics receiver, the electronics receiver receives one or more signals from one or more communication satellites of a navigation satellite system;
• receiving a second synchronization signal from the electronics receiver;
• generating a data stream based on the first and second synchronization signals;
• and
• transmitting the data stream to one or more subsystems or sensor modules of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), wherein the data stream is used for localization and time synchronization for the one or more subsystems or sensor modules.