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This could be due to my lack of trying hard enough, but regardless I was demotivated really fast. Extreme lack of documentation of the A9G API's, nothing was really clear to me.They have a couple examples on their github but nothing really resulted into much progress. I first started trying to implement this project in C/C++ in their choice of SDK.

#INSTALLING TRACCAR ON LINUX SOFTWARE#

Step 16: Let's Understand the Software Upload PartĪ9G module runs C/C++ on their SDK by default. I chose the Dipole antenna, it was simple to build and surprisingly fast fix + accuracy. This would not work for my small form factor design goal.ĭoing some research on different types of antennas I found out that there are two other options that could work for my small factor:

#INSTALLING TRACCAR ON LINUX PATCH#

But there is a little problem with this strategy: if I wanted to use any commonly available dielectrics for the patch antenna, i'd need the patch to be around 60 mm x 60 mm ~ The patch was basically trapped inside a Faraday cage, hence no reception.Īfter learning that, I thought I could put the patch outside the metal box. Metals do not allow RF (radio frequency) signals to pass. It's probably RF-Enginnering 101 Lecture 0, but, here we are. After doing a lot of research on RF / Antennas I learned the following lesson. But upon plugging it all in I got really poor reception, I could not understand why. I figured it'd be enough to make it work. The first design I tried building was a patch antenna. I decided to make my own GPS antenna, i've done this before in my With U shoe GPS project so I didn't think it would be that hard, but I was wrong, slightly :)

The antennas are active antennas and hence consume power, I was trying to optimize every mA drawn.

The size of the antenna is too big for my wearable build.

I couldn't use the commercial antenna that shipped with the module (ceramic patch antenna) for the following reasons:

Reliable GPS / GNSS transmission / reception.

The design goals for this project are the follows, they are pretty non-negotiable: If you are in Tempe Arizona, you should check them out!įinally, here is a demo video that shows off the highlights, I have a detailed build video later in the steps. I want to give a shout out to HeatSync Labs, they are a non-profit Makerspace located in Mesa AZ and have been an essential place for me to go build my projects at. I hope you enjoy that part of the Instructable, if you have feedback I'd appreciate it! I can't really demonstrate it 'step-by-step' but I tried documenting my thought process in the steps with hand drawn illustrations.

Is fully open-source and self-hostable.Ī lot of work went into the software part, from integrating the web-services to optimizing every mA draw from the chip.

Comes with a Web App to which you can add multiple furry fwends (friends).

Lasts about 12 days on battery (will get a LOT better in V2 with more optimizations).

Introducing to you my friends, Find my Cat. I am already working on a Version 2 with the lessons I learned on this build. I was able to cross off most of my goals.

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Should use GPS for positioning, (cellular / bluetooth only based options don't make the cut).Needs to be extremely reliable with a near to real time tracking capability.So, for the last 4 months I embarked on this journey, to build the best possible Pet tracker system I can attempt to build. They either lack precision / refresh times (number of times the live location updates), have low battery life or are just unreliable for the most part.

I wanted to do something about it, I looked for cat tracker options but none really fit what I was looking for. There were a couple times over the last two years of having him that he went out of my sights (outdoors) and I was really frightened that he had gone missing.

Installing traccar on linux