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 indoor.
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. Just download the Marvelmind SW pack: https://marvelmind.com/download/ => https://marvelmind.com/pics/marvelmind_SW.zip.
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 an improved and in 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 setup, 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, 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.
Description
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 indoor.
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. Just download the Marvelmind SW pack: https://marvelmind.com/download/ => https://marvelmind.com/pics/marvelmind_SW.zip.
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 an improved and in all-the-way superior version of the Beacon HW v4.9:
The Super-Beacons will supersede the Beacon HW v4.9 and the latter may be discontinued after a while.
Additional information
19kHz, 22kHz, 25kHz, 28kHz, 31kHz, 34kHz, 37kHz, 45kHz
Questions and Answers
Hello, I have some 915/868 HW v4.9 beacons. I would like to know what frequency of Super-Beacon I should choose.
If you already have 915/868MHz Beacons HW v4.9, then you certainly need to get Super-Beacons for the same band – 915/868MHz.
In regards to the ultrasonic frequencies, the answer is less straightforward.
– First of all, you need to check what ultrasonic frequency your existing beacons have
– Then, you need to choose between IA, NIA and MF NIA: https://marvelmind.com/pics/architectures_comparison.pdf => For IA, you need different ultrasonic frequencies. For NIA – the same. MF NIA is somewhat in the middle.
Do the Super-Beacons support the 100hz imu fusion supported by the v4.9-IMU beacons? If they don’t and will in the future, can you provide a timeline.
Unfortunately, they are not supported today. We hope to enable the functionality in the future, but no firm date exists.