u-blox XPLR-AOA-1 Explorer Kit
u-blox XPLR-AOA-1 Explorer Kit is designed to evaluate and experiment with the BLUETOOTH® 5.1 direction finding feature. The Explorer Kit includes a C211 antenna board with NINA-B411 Bluetooth LE module, a C209 tag with NINA-B406 Bluetooth LE module, and u-connectLocate direction-finding software. The XPLR-AOA-1 explorer kit uses the antenna board (C211) and the tag (C209) along with the necessary software to leverage the Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) technology in any specific application. An anchor point containing an antenna array that is connected to a Bluetooth receiver can utilize the AoA technology. This helps in detecting the direction, or angle, of a moving tag transmitting a signal with an appended Constant Tone Extension (CTE). This explorer kit calculates the angle using the u-connectLocate software that runs on the embedded MCU in NINA-B411.
The u-blox XPLR-AOA-1 Explorer Kit can be used to detect if an object is approaching a door and keep track of goods passing through a gate. Other applications include avoiding collisions between automated guided vehicles or letting a camera follow an asset moving in a room.
Features
- Out-of-the-box Bluetooth® AoA explorer kit
- High-resolution angle calculation in two dimensions
- Antenna board with an array of 5 dual-polarized antennas
- Tag with Bluetooth transmitter
- u-connectLocate with embedded angle calculation
- 5° mean error angle accuracy
- Evaluation of Bluetooth 5.1 direction-finding using angle-of-arrival
- 40 updates per second update rate
- 2-dimensional angle calculation supported
- USB interface to connect to a PC or other host system
- LED array visualizing the angle
Kit Contents
- C211 antenna board with NINA-B411 Bluetooth LE module
- C209 tag with NINA-B406 Bluetooth LE module
- u-connectLocate direction finding software (from u-blox.com)
- C209 tag software example (from Github)
Overview
Videos
Associated Products
u-blox NINA-B40 Series Stand-alone BLE Modules
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u-blox NINA-B41 Series BLUETOOTH® 5.1 Low Energy Modules
Based on the Nordic nRF52833 chip, it is pin-compatible with the NINA-B3 module.
u-blox Placas de antena BLUETOOTH® de bajo consumo 5,1 ANT-B10
Placas autónomas BLUETOOTH® de bajo consumo para localización de direcciones y posicionamiento interior.
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