Indoor Location Systems

Indoor localization systems are either less accurate or very pricy. With the Localino you are now able to build a very price competitive indoor location system. It is based on an Decawave UWB transceiver, a STM32F1 series MCU and the anchors offer also a wifi backup link. This way it can be integrated into any already existing wireless network and transport the ranging data to a server in nearly realtime. The indoor accuracy is within 10cm! The tag does not require Wifi, but if you want it, you can also add this to the PCB.

Instructable

have a look at our instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Localino-Open-Source-Indoor-Location-System-Arduin/

Localino version 2.0

This is a do it yourself kit. It is designed to operate as a tag, but can also be used as an anchor. And its compatible to be programmed with Arduino IDE or CoIDE or an IDE you like hat supports STM.

Features

• Localino 2.0 pre SMD soldered PCB
• Decawave Localization Transceiver
• STM32F103 Microcontroller with 128 kB flash memory
• Description and software links
• Compatible to Arduino IDE and existing Localino v1.0 / v1.3 firmware and Decawave API
• this Localino 2.0 comes without ESP8266-07, but you can add one your own. The PCB is already prepared

Size and Power Consumption

• Dimension: 29mm x 52.7mm
• Universal PCB, can be flashed to operate as an anchor or as a tag.

Description

Localino 2.0 is faster than the Localino 1.0 and 1.3 as it uses an STM32F103 series MCU. This has also much more flash memory and ram. The version 2.0 is compatible with the old firmware, you simply have to change the SPI pin numbering. But we have prepared Arduino IDE .ino files for you and the entire Arduino IDE, that you can download from us.

It features 3 LEDs (1x PWR, 2x free to use) and many I/O pins, like I2C, CAN, UART, SPI etc. This way you can extend Localino with your own hardware, like GPS, display, IMU etc.

Localino 2.0 comes SMD pre-soldered. You just have to add the DWM chip and pin header for the ST-Link programmer. It then must be flashed using an ST-Link v2. We supply all required Arduino IDE files. You can use the free software, for example from github (e.g. thotro decawave lib) or our code, which also makes use of the mentioned library and comes for free and open source. The hardware is also compatible to decawaves API.

Multi tag

We also demonstrated a network with multi-tag and multi-anchor on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubk64ok1TA). If you want a flashed device with our Localino 2.0 completely redesiged firmware, please let us know on order.

here are some further applications, like tracking a Roomba iRobot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXVQNJAoZVw