Category: M2M componets

GPS antenna selection for a GSM / GPS tracker – DUT 4

GPS chip loop antenna - drift on cut out zone

Effect of the cut-out zone without copper under the antenna The device under test is a PCB of size 40 mm x 20 mm, again with a GNSS chip antenna designed for small tracking devices. Small mobile GSM/GPS trackers are common for pets, humans or assets. GNSS chip antennas operate as loop antennas which are […]

GPS antenna selection for a GSM / GPS tracker – DUT 3

GPS chip loop antenna temperature drift

Interference of temperature on GPS antenna resonant frequency The device under test is a PCB of size of 40 mm x 20 mm, again with a GNSS antenna for a small tracking device. Small mobile GSM / GPS trackers are common for pets, humans or assets. Chip antennas operate as loop antennas which are magnetic […]

Low Cost GSM GPS Bluetooth module on Arduino shield

GSM GPS Bluetooth module as a glance

New GSM / GPS / Bluetooth module adapter for STM32 Nucleo, Arduino, Intel Galileo plus compatible PCBs Your ideas? Your wishes? Your recommendation? Your advice? I will listen to you. Before I started to write the IoT / M2M Cookbook I asked business friends what they would like to pay for such a book. A […]

IoT sandwich – GPS chip loop antenna on German bacon – 1

GPS chip antenna on bacon

Today we tell you the ingredients you will need in order to reproduce the world’s first IoT sandwich. The sandwich is planned as a starter.  We will show you how to make the main course and the dessert later. Ingredients for the IoT sandwich For the PCBs 9 different PCB shapes (3 different cut-out zones […]

Radiation Patterns and Total Radiated Power (TRP) tested yourself

Turn table and special antenna to measure radiation pattern

For a few bucks you can get such a Radiation Measurement System (RMS) to measure Radiation Patterns and Total Radiated Power (TRP) from a 3-axis rotation of your wireless IoT / M2M application. While Radiation Patterns and Total Radiated Power (TRP) is usually measured in an anechoic chamber to avoid reflections to affect the measurement, […]