M6 ElephantEdge tracker - Hackster

• ElephantEdge PCB design

• EdgeImpulse support

• IMU + microphone

• Enclosure

• Avnet IoT connect

• Field testing/demos on animal

Activity	Description	Status	Month	Media
ElephantEdge PCB	First revision of hardware with Nordic semiconductor		August	Blog
EdgeImpulse nRF52	Integration of EdgeImpulse support		August	Webinar demo
GPS optimization	uBlox M8G driver development with Zephyr		August	Blog
Firmware development	Main section of firmware development		September	Blog
Deliverable	ElephantEdge 0.1 release		September	Blog
Memory integration	Western digital storage implementation		September	Webinar
Avnet Iot connect	Integration of AvnetIoTconnect		October	Webinar
Antenna tuning	Tuning of the selected antenna systems		October	Blog
ElephantEdge PCB	Second revision of hardware for field deployment		October	Blog
Smartphone app	Integrate support with the smartphone app		November	Blog/Demo
Deliverable	ElephantEdge 1.0 release		November	Blog
Field deployment	Testing on animals		November	Video
Deliverable	Field testing report and Industrial demo		December	Webinar

Requirements from partners

Partner	Engineering support required
EdgeImpulse/Nordic	Demo integration in Zephyr RTOS and code examples, end-to-end
Microsoft/AvnetIoTconnect	IoT connect integration support
uBlox	M8G integration with Zephyr RTOS
uBlox	GPS power optimization and performance improvements
Western digital	Memory element support on Zephyr RTOS
Taoglas	Engineering support for antenna testing

Draft technical specification

• BLE: Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840

  • Options:

    • n52840 standalone

    • uBlox NINA-B30x integrated module

• LoRa/GPS/WiFI: Semtech LR1110

• GPS: uBlox M8G

• Antenna:

  • BLE/WiFi combined

  • RF things LoRa antenna suitable for Lacuna

  • VHF antenna port

  • GPS ceramic patch tuned antenna

    • Taoglas or Maxtena

• Sensors:

  • 3D Accelerometer: LIS2DW12

  • 6D IMU Accelerometer + Gyro: LSM6DSL

  • 6D eCompass: LSM303AGR

  • Microphone:

    • Analog: MP23ABS1

    • Digital: SPK0415HM4H

  • Water detect switch

• Real-time data storage:

  • QSPI NOR flash

• ML raw data storage:

  • WD Edge microSD storage SDSDQAB-016G

Specs for other purposes

• RockBlock option

• Use as PiRa

• Gunshot detection

Dimensions

• 50mm x 30-40mm (ideal for LS17500 batteries)

• 65mm x 30mm (ideal for 18650 batteries)

• 63mm x 40mm (ideal for current wisent tracker)

• 68mm x 30mm or 50mm x 35mm (ideal for current elephant tracker)

• ideal size: 50mm x 35mm

• ideal size: 63(65)mm x 30mm