Test of a simple Decawave based proximity detector;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZ3kyQqqCMFTvXolxxTDYbPWO6JOPez/view?usp=
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:14 PM Harold Hallikainen <
harold@mai.hallikainen.org> wrote:

>
> > I'd never looked closely at the Decawave stuff before, but the more I d=
o,
> > the more impressed I am (but then I impress easily).  The DW1000 chip i=
s
> > about $10 qty 1, if you want to implement your own antenna.  The DWM100=
0
> > module includes the antenna and associated bits.  Either of those would
> > require a microprocessor (their API's are oriented around STM32's).  A
> > product based on these would require FCC CFR47 part 15 certification.  =
If
> > this is a one-off application, the TREK1000 evaluation kit includes fou=
r
> > ready to use application boards for $990. An application use case for t=
he
> > kit is a tracking system with 3 anchors and 1 roaming tag for 3D
> > trilateration.  That kit can be expanded with more evaluation boards.
>
> It looks like the module with antenna is FCC certified as a "modular
> transmitter." ( http://mai.hallikainen.org/org/FCC/FccRules/2019/15/212/
> ). As such, the FCC would only require testing as an unintentional
> radiator (which pretty much everything digital requires) as opposed to
> being tested as an intentional radiator, which is quite a bit more
> testing.
>
> Harold
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