Product category:
Design Services
News Release from: Triteq | Subject: Electronics design
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 April 2006
Novel design produces clip-on tracking
unit
Triteq has designed the electronics in an advanced location-tracking unit developed by Geonix Tracking for the Thuraya satphone handset.
Triteq has designed the electronics in an advanced location-tracking unit developed by Geonix Tracking for the Thuraya satphone handset The UK-developed clip-on unit is designated as GT2000 and will be introduced by Geonix to the Thuraya service providers at a conference and exhibition in Dubai
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
It pays to outsource wireless design
Wireless design is a key technology area best left to specialists, argues Craig Swallow, Commercial Director of Triteq.
Redesign brings vessel monitoring up to date
Triteq has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) by tracking fishing fleets at sea.
Designed by Triteq to attach to the back of the phone, the GT2000 allows the user to track, monitor and communicate with key mobile assets such as people, vehicles, containers, ships and trains, while travelling within both GSM coverage and the 120-country footprint of the Thuraya satellite.
Triteq based its design on the latest SiRF III chipset for optimal accuracy, time-to-first-fix, battery life and cost.
As a result the GT2000 is one of the lowest-cost satellite tracking systems on the market and is the only such device to combine voice, text and tracking in a portable device.
It is also the first to provide this capability using the most cost-efficient network available.
Louise Fairley, Marketing Manager of Triteq said: "Triteq has worked with Geonix Tracking for sometime and I am delighted that the company has been invited to unveil this significant technical achievement to a prestigious group of service providers, national telcos and specialist organisations".
"In Dubai, Geonix will have the opportunity to introduce their solutions to service providers and explore new possibilities with potential users".
For use in vehicles, ships, trains and other mobile assets, the unit is available with an optional GT2001 docking unit, also designed by Triteq, which allows for external antenna connections to be routed through the vehicle to the GT2000 unit.
As well as GPS location, the GT2000 incorporates a two-axis motion detector to monitor activity, and optionally a discrete alarm facility using a remote "alert" fob, the GT2002, similar in size to a car key fob.
The two way RF front interfaces with the GT2000 trackable satphone.
An RF link is provided for proximity monitoring, panic button and location beacon functions.
This will use the 915MHz band and use a transmit power of 1-10mW to ensure dependable communication.
The device can be mounted on any existing Hughes 7100, 7101 or Ascom phones, can be moved from phone to phone, and can be dismounted for docking with office or in-vehicle units.
It can also be configured remotely via SMS messages.
• Triteq: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
