PocketTracker
(New page: The PockeTracker incorporates a TinyTrak PIC IC and a VHF Dual frequency 200 mW transmitter. It was a product of [http://www.byonics.com/ Byonics], but is no longer available for sale the...) |
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| − | The PockeTracker incorporates a TinyTrak PIC IC and a VHF Dual frequency | + | The PockeTracker incorporates a TinyTrak PIC IC and a VHF Dual-frequency 270 mW transmitter. It was a product of [http://www.byonics.com/ Byonics], but is no longer available. |
| − | PocketTracker has | + | PocketTracker has an option in the later model to change the frequency of the transmitter by talking directly to a divide-by network. |
| − | In the previous model the frequency of operation was fixed between two different | + | In the previous model the frequency of operation was fixed between two different known frequencies via a jumper. |
| − | The main advantage of the PocketTracker is its low power consumption. It can run for something like 100 hours on a 9Volt battery. | + | The main advantage of the PocketTracker is its low power consumption and its size. It can run for something like 100 hours on a 9Volt battery. It was housed inside an Altoids tin, requiring only an external antenna and a GPS connection for operation. |
The PocketTracker has been discontinued because some of the parts it requires are no longer available. [http://www.byonics.com/ Byonics] now offers a different product, the [[MicroTrak300]]. | The PocketTracker has been discontinued because some of the parts it requires are no longer available. [http://www.byonics.com/ Byonics] now offers a different product, the [[MicroTrak300]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:02, 24 November 2008
The PockeTracker incorporates a TinyTrak PIC IC and a VHF Dual-frequency 270 mW transmitter. It was a product of Byonics, but is no longer available.
PocketTracker has an option in the later model to change the frequency of the transmitter by talking directly to a divide-by network.
In the previous model the frequency of operation was fixed between two different known frequencies via a jumper.
The main advantage of the PocketTracker is its low power consumption and its size. It can run for something like 100 hours on a 9Volt battery. It was housed inside an Altoids tin, requiring only an external antenna and a GPS connection for operation.
The PocketTracker has been discontinued because some of the parts it requires are no longer available. Byonics now offers a different product, the MicroTrak300.
