Bosch announces industry’s first Position Tracking Smart Sensor BHI160BP
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bosch-announces-industrys-first-position-tracking-smart-sensor-bhi160bp/
Reutlingen/Munich, Germany – At electronica Munich, Bosch Sensortec announces the BHI160BP, the industry’s first Position Tracking Smart Sensor that utilizes integrated inertial sensors to improve GPS location tracking. Always-on position tracking When used with a GPS or GNSS module, the BHI160BP enables users to take full advantage of pedestrian position tracking with up to 80% […]
Tiny GNSS module by STMicroelectronics supports GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tiny-gnss-module-by-stmicroelectronics-supports-gps-galileo-glonass-and-beidou/
STMicroelectronics lunched the first GNSS module (Global Navigation Satellite System) with the name Teseo-LIV3F. The module is interesting because it contains some cool features. The GNSS module supports GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS and also BeiDou. The dimension of module is 9.7 x 10.1 mm and the communication interface is standard UART and I2C (100/400KHz). The […]
I2C GPS Module along with ATtiny841
https://www.electronics-lab.com/i2c-gps-module-along-with-attiny841/
This project describes a simple GPS module which you can interface to via I2C. It uses an ATtiny841. David Johnson-Davies writes: Incorporating GPS into a project is quite daunting. First you have to parse the NMEA sentences from the GPS module you’re using, and then if you’re doing any calculations with the received longitudes and […]
SODAQ Cellular IoT Development Kit Supports LTE-M, NB-IoT, GNSS and Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sodaq-cellular-iot-development-kit-supports-lte-m-nb-iot-gnss-arduino/
SODAQ wants to provide you with the tools to build for the estimated 25 billion Internet of Things by 2020 using their set of Cellular IoT suite called SODAQ SARA Family. Several industriy analysts have claimed that we will have 100 billion IoT devices connected and in circulation by 2050, with the majority of them […]
SODAQ ONE board – GPS + LoRa + Solar charger
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sodaq-one-board-gps-lora-solar-charger/
This is the third generation of our succesful SODAQ ONE board. It is equipped with a solar charge controller and runs on a LiPo or a permanent battery. It has the Ublox Eva 8M GPS module which is not only miniature but with it’s assisted GPS feature it can get a fix within seconds. We’ve now added […]
2018 Will Mark A Milestone in GNSS Technology with 30-centimeter Accuracy
https://www.electronics-lab.com/2018-will-mark-milestone-gps-technology-30-centimeter-accuracy/
You’re in a crowded street with many high buildings around you and you find your car position on Google maps is wrong. That’s usual, right? This is caused from (fake/distorted) GPS signals reflected from the high buildings around you which make your GPS receiver do some wrong calculations. So be careful don’t always listen to […]
Meet Spritzer, Sony New Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/meet-spritzer-sony-new-arduino/
Sony has recently launched one of its new products, Spritzer! Spritzer is an Arduino-compatible board for IoT applications that has built-in GPS, audio codec, and low power consumption. While it is Arduino-compatible, the board allows any developer to easily start app development using the free Arduino IDE and an ordinary USB cable. In fact, the board […]
GPS vs. Beacons vs. Wi-Fi: Three Location Identifier Technologies
https://www.electronics-lab.com/gps-vs-beacons-vs-wi-fi-three-location-identifier-technologies/
In IoT and digital age, location-based services applications are widespread: starting from Google maps to anti-loss devices and not ending with location-based marketing. The most common technologies used for user location identification are: GPS, WiFi and Beacons (a custom BLE profile). Location-based (geofencing) marketing is a new way to enhance the personal experience while shopping. […]
Open-Hardware Reaches The Outer Space with UPSat Satellite
https://www.electronics-lab.com/open-hardware-reaches-outer-space-upsat-satellite/
Libre Space Foundation completed the mission of building a completely Open-Source 2U CubeSat Satellite from scratch. It’s called “UPSat”. On April 18th at Cape Canaveral in Florida, Atlas V Rocket launched Private Cygnus Cargo Ship, and UPSat was among its cargo. With both software and hardware parts published on github. UPSat seems to be a […]
Sonnet Off-Grid Device, The Smartphone Walkie-Talkie
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sonnet-off-grid-device-smartphone-walkie-talkie/
At Sonnet Labs, a group of avid outdoor enthusiasts aim to democratize mobile communication with technologies that enable smartphones to send text messages, image data, and GPS locations without Internet connectivity, cellular coverage, or satellite reception. No need for cellular grid with Sonnet Therefore, they launched their product, Sonnet, the smartphone walkie-talkie! Sonnet is a wireless […]