smôl Hookup Guide
PaulZC Introduction
Our RedBoards are great. But don't they sometimes seem a little BIG?!
Enter smôl, a new range of boards which are both small in size and small on current draw. It's a smôl world!
When we designed our ARGOS Satellite Transceiver Shield - ARTIC R2, we knew that people would want to use it for applications like wildlife tracking, ocean buoys, environmental monitoring or transferring emergency medical information. But what if you want to develop something much smaller? Say, a small dart for whale tracking, or a small backpack for avian tracking. Or you just need your battery to last for months. smôl is designed to meet those needs.
The stack in the above photo is a complete ARTIC R2 satellite tracker capable of transmitting 2.5m accuracy position fixes five times per day to the ARGOS satellite network (ARGOS provides global coverage, including the oceans and the polar regions) using a 400mAh battery for over 100 days!
The smôl family of boards includes:
Processor Boards
smôl ESP32
SPX-18619GNSS (GPS) Boards
smôl ZOE-M8Q
SPX-18623Satellite Communication Boards
smôl ARTIC R2
SPX-18618Power Boards
Essentials
Accessories
- Whether it's for assembling a kit, hacking an enclosure, or creating your own parts; the DIY skill is all about knowing how to use tools and the techniques associated with them.
- If it requires power, you need to know how much, what all the pins do, and how to hook it up. You may need to reference datasheets, schematics, and know the ins and outs of electronics.