Tag: GPS
2018 Will Mark A Milestone in GNSS Technology with 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...
Continue ReadingMeet 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...
Continue ReadingGPS 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...
Continue ReadingOpen-Hardware Reaches The Outer Space with 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...
Continue ReadingSonnet Off-Grid Device, The 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...
Continue ReadingGPS tracking with an MSP430F5510 over GPRS
Bluehash over at 43oh.com writes: I found a tiny gem while browsing Github for MSP430 projects. This one is a GPS tracker based on a MSP430F5510 with a GPRS cellular connection for reporting and command input. The GPS is a FGPMMOPA6H from GlobalTop and the GPRS module is a SIM900...
Continue ReadingPingPong IoT Development Board – Connecting Hardware to the Cloud
Germany-based Round Solutions developed the PingPong, a powerful and flexible hardware platform for IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The PingPong can be used for both wired and wireless connections. The modular hardware design can integrate custom-specific applications and...
Continue ReadingGPS RECEIVER TO FM RADIO (88-107 MHz) AUDIO + RDS TRACKING V2
pinko @ blog.exrockets.com has build a GPS receiver to FM radio based on PIC18LF2553. He writes: Today I made some modifications to this is a new project for a GPS to FM radio tracking device for rockets i.e. the V2. The initial design lacked the antenna impedance matching circuit...
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