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5G NTN Cattle Tracker

5G NTN cattle tracker

Cattle tracker key data

  • Customer: Digitanimal
  • Website: digitanimal.com
  • IoT application: GPS tracking of farm animals
  • Radio technology used: 5G NTN, LTE-M, NB-IoT, GNSS
  • Frequency range: 700-2600 MHz
  • Type of antenna: Chip loop antenna
  • Special feature: First 5G NTN device with loop antenna worldwide

Digitanimal, a leading provider of GPS tracking solutions for farm animals, has decided to develop a state-of-the-art 5G NTN tracker. Our team was tasked with the design and realisation of the entire hardware. The particular challenge lay in the integration of a high-performance loop antenna, which had to be optimally tuned to the diverse radio technologies.

The result of our development work is a pioneering achievement. The new Digitanimal tracker is the first 5G NTN device in the world to use a magnatic loop antenna. This innovative antenna solution enables optimised reception for 5G NTN, LTE-M, NB-IoT and GNSS with just one antenna. When only one antenna is used for all bands, there is no interference between antennas, and costs are reduced. By closely matching the housing, antenna and circuit board, we were able to achieve outstanding antenna performance.

Particularly noteworthy is the compactness of the device despite the integrated multiband functionality. The robust construction also ensures a long service life under harsh environmental conditions.

While our team developed the complete hardware, Digitanimal took on the firmware development. This division of labour allowed each party to make optimal use of their respective core competencies and achieve the highest level of efficiency and quality. 

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