Hello All,
I'm Miguel Angel from Spain, I've been working for a while with microcontroles like the esp8266 and sensors for home automation
My youtube channel. But now I have something completely different and more challenging.
I just discovered Moteino yesterday and I think it is what I'm looking for.
I do free flight with macaws, and I want to be able to "attach" a gps to them. So my idea to reduce the size and weight to the maximum (this birds are around 1kg) is to a moteino or something similar transmit the gps position to a receiver (a person in the area) and in there process the information and display it with an esp8266 or something similar to a website and check it with my phone.
Do you think this might be possible?
I've been looking for parts to be able to build this project, and this is what I got:
GPS: I've selected this because is the smallest that I've found, and it's under 4 grams.
GPS DatasheetMoteino 8Mhz variant: because the GPS works on 3.3v this one would fit nicely without transforming voltages.
Moteino 8MhzBattery: I haven't thought about it yet, but desirably It will be rechargeable and detachable with a separate charging station so we don't add extra pieces and weight to the bird unit.
What do you think about it?
Would it work?
Could we use different components that makes this even smaller or lighter?
I'll really apreciete your thoughts and knoledge sharing.
Thank you