Tag: Satellite
SparkFun’s Swarm M138 Modem – Satellite Transceiver Breakout board
Asset tracking applications have been on the rise and the widely adopted wireless communication technology is LoRaWAN. However, for many tracking applications such as connecting people, tracking vehicles, ships, or packages to relaying sensor data for agriculture, energy, and industrial...
Continue ReadingSATRAN: A Wifi-controlled satellite antenna tracking system
An antenna tracking system adjusts the axis of an antenna to follow a moving signal source like a communication satellite. The working of an antenna tracking system is quite simple; the antenna is, first of all, commanded to move in any direction. Then, the level of the received signal...
Continue ReadingGW16130 Mini-PCIe Satellite Modem for IoT Applications
The GW16130 is a Mini-PCIe Satellite Modem Radio adapter that provides cost-effective, short burst satellite connectivity for asset tracking, fleet management, telemetry, oceanographic data, grid monitoring and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The GW16130 features an Iridium 9603N...
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 ReadingNUT4NT, Open-Source 4-Channel GNSS Receiver Development Board
Although the industry of professional satellite navigation systems is limited to experts and large companies, Amungo Navigation is working towards bringing this industry to individual developers, small companies, and startups through its new open source platform...
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