Super-Beacon for Precise Indoor Positioning and Navigation System
The Super-Beacon is the most versatile, easy-to-use, and recommended beacon for Marvelmind precise indoor positioning and navigation system, particularly, when you just start with Marvelmind Indoor “GPS” system. The system is used for autonomous robots, forklifts, drones, and people as well as for industrial applications requiring precise positioning and localization indoors.
- See detailed specifications for the Super-Beacon.
- The beacon can also be used for precise distance measurement of up to 50m (1D) or up to 120m (1D) with Marvelmind Horn.
- Super-Beacon is a dual-use beacon – it can both receive and transmit ultrasonic pulses.
- It can work both as stationary and as mobile.
- The Super-Beacon Beacon can be used in both the Non-Inverse Architecture (NIA) and the Inverse Architecture (IA): Architecture comparison.
- All essential SW, as well as Marvelmind Dashboard API, are already included in the price of the beacon.
The Super-Beacon supports a license-free 915MHz ISM band (for example, US, Japan, Korea) and a license-free SRD band 868MHz (for example, EU, Russia). Support of the 433MHz ISM band (EU) comes with a larger order.
All Super-Beacons have 6D IMU (3D gyro + 3D accelerometer) onboard.
The Super-Beacon is improved and in the all-the-way superior version of the Beacon HW v4.9:
- The Super-Beacon has a separate receiving part with a single wide-beam microphone and sharp DSP filters (like Mini-RX or Industrial-RX or Industrial Super-Beacons have). Thus, it is more sensitive, than Beacon HW v4.9; more resistant to external noise, and easier to set up, because you don’t have to care about turning on and off ultrasonic sensors in order to optimize coverage vs. sensitivity
- The Super-Beacon can receive any ultrasonic frequency from the bands: 19kHz, 22kHz, 25kHz, 28kHz, 31kHz, 34kHz, 37kHz, and 45kHz. The filter can be simply selected in the Dashboard. At the same time, the ultrasonic frequency of Beacon HW v4.9 is HW-defined by ultrasonic sensors and can’t be changed
- The Super-Beacon can receive several ultrasonic frequencies at once. That is used in the Inverse Architecture (IA) and in the Multi-Frequency NIA Architecture (MF NIA). See the architecture comparison
- The Super-Beacon has several-times improved battery lifetime in TX mode as compared with Beacon HW v4.9
- The Super-Beacon can work with regular Beacons HW v4.9 and Mini-RX and Industrial-RX in any combination as a part of a Starter Set or as a part of navigation systems. In all cases, the beacons shall use the same radio band
The Super-Beacons will supersede the Beacon HW v4.9 and the latter may be discontinued after a while.
Distance between beacons
- Reaches up to 50 meters in lab conditions
- The recommended distance is up to 30 meters (RX4 to RX4)
- The range of stable tracking of Super-Beacon + Super-Beacon is 20-50% bigger than the range of Beacon HW v4.9 + Beacon HW v4.9 in the same conditions
Coverage area
- Reaches up to 1000 m2 with the Starter Set configurations
- Coverage for larger territories is similar to cellular networks
Location precision
- Absolute: 1–3% of the distance to the beacons
- Differential precision: ±2 cm
- Differential precision is on par or better than in the Beacon HW v4.9, partially, because the sensor is a point – not as spread sensors of HW v4.9; and, partially, because of higher processing power and more advanced algorithms of the Super-Beacon
Location update rate
Non-Inverse Architecture:
- 0.05–25Hz
- Can be set manually or in automatic mode
- Depends on the distance between the mobile and stationary beacons (shorter distance — higher update rate)
Depends on the number of mobile beacons: for example, the update rate of 25Hz for 1 mobile beacon will result in an update rate of 25Hz/2 for 2 mobile beacons, and 25Hz/3 – for 3 mobile beacons, etc. – TDMA approach - Depends on the radio interface profile (500kbps vs. 38kbps)
Inverse Architecture:
- 0.05–25Hz. Future SW releases are planned to support IMU fusion that will enable an update rate of up to 100Hz
- Can be set manually or in automatic mode
- Depends on the distance between the mobile and stationary beacons (shorter distance — higher update rate)
- Doesn’t directly depend on the number of mobile beacons – all of them are receiving
- Depends on the radio interface profile (500kbps vs. 38kbps)
Power supply and battery lifetime
Internal:
- LiPol battery 1000mAh
- Battery lifetime totally depends on usage
- Receiving beacon mode with 8Hz update rate and 10m-submaps => up to 30h
- Transmitting beacon with 1/10Hz update rate => several months
- Future power saving features may increase battery life to 1 year and more (with a very slow update rate or location update on demand)
External:
- microUSB – recommended for permanent use
Weight
- 59 grams (including 1000mAh battery, housing, and 50-mm antenna)
- 27 grams (bare board w/o battery)
Size
- 55x55x33 mm (with 50mm antenna: 55x55x65mm)
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