Inside the Seeed credit card LoRaWAN IoT GPS tracker
IoT hardware developer Seeed Studio has launched a card-size GPS tracker that uses the LoRaWAN LPWAN network along with an open source hardware design.
The Seeed SenseCAP T1000 tracker is 6.5mm thick and is currently fully funded on the Kickstarter crowd funding site for $28. The tracker design is based on Semtech’s LR1110 LoRaWAN chipset and Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chip.
It uses three different positioning technologies for accurate indoor and outdoor positioning: a combination of GPS for outdoors and WiFi indoors through the LR1110, as well as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) location indoors. The Tracker can switch between BLE, WiFi, GPS and their combinations depending on the infrastructure and application and stores up to 1000 data points that can be delivered once a LoRaWAN connection is restored for example to The Things or Actility networks in Europe.
- Single chip integrates LoRa transceiver, GNSS and WiFi
- First private LoRaWAN-in-a-box
- RS adds Seeed, Arduino and Bare Conductive products
The tracker has a battery life of six months from a 700mAh battery. It also has temperature and light sensors with a three axis accelerometer, making it suitable for a variety of applications for location and status monitoring.
For areas without LoRaWAN coverage, Seeed Studio offers a SenseCAP Gateway Bundle on Kickstarter for quick deployment to build LoRaWAN network infrastructure.
An Auto-Geo-Adaptive feature that automatically switches between different LoRaWAN® regions based on the device’s location coordinates. This ensures excellent tracking performance across the globe.
Inside the Seeed IoT tracker
“We are excited to introduce our SenseCAP T1000 to developers and system integrators who want a seamless indoor and outdoor tracking solution that enable asset visibility anywhere in the world. Cellulars like 2G, 3G, 4G have been mainstream connectivity solution for asset tracking worldwide,” said Joey Jiang, VP of Seeed Studio. “However, in regions where cellulars are not available, LoRaWAN has proven an excellent solution for its long range transmission and low power consumption. Our goal is to transform the way business track their assets and personnel by leveraging LoRaWAN.”
The tracker is compatible with SenseCAP Mate App and SenseCAP Web Portal with a three step configuration to get location and sensor data. It also offers open API for system integrators to manage data and devices and build applications for different scenarios.
The project has project is fully funded with £71,323 pledged from 738 backers by Sunday for the $28 tracker. An open source hardware design with the antenna, UART and I2C interfaces to additional sensor cards from Seeed.
www.seeedstudio.com; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/sensecap-t1000-track-what-you-care-with-no-boundaries
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