Marvelmind Super Beacon

Distance between beacons

• Reaches up to 50 meters in lab conditions
• Recommended distance is up to 30 meters (RX4 to RX4)
• Range of stable tracking of Super-Beacon + Super-Beacon is 20-50% bigger than the range of Beacon HW v4.9 + Beacon HW v4.9 in the same conditions

Coverage area

• Reaches up to 1,000 m2 with the Starter Set configurations
• Coverage for larger territories is similar to cellular networks

Location precision

• Absolute: 1-3% of the distance to the beacons
• Differential precision: ±2 cm
• Differential precision is on par or better than in the Beacon HW v4.9, partially

Location update rate

Non-Inverse Architecture:

• 0.05-25 Hz
• Can be set manually or in automatic mode
• Depends on the distance between the mobile and stationary beacons
• Depends on the number of mobile beacons
• Depends on the radio interface profile (500 kbps vs. 38 kbps)

Inverse Architecture:

• 0.05-25 Hz. Future SW releases are planned to support IMU fusion that will enable an update rate of up to 100 Hz
• Can be set manually or in automatic mode
• Depends on the distance between the mobile and stationary beacons
• Doesn't directly depend on the number of mobile beacons - all of them are receiving
• Depends on the radio interface profile

Power supply and battery lifetime

Internal:

• LiPo battery 1000 mAh
• Battery lifetime totally depends on usage
• Receiving beacon mode with 8 Hz update rate and 10m-sub-maps => up to 30h
• Transmitting beacon with 1/10 Hz update rate => several months
• Future power saving features may increase battery life to 1year and more

External:

micro USB - recommended for permanent use

Weight

• 59 grams (including 1000 mAh battery, housing, and 50-mm antenna)
• 27 grams (bare board w/o battery)