Unleash the Power of Tracking with XIAO: The Unmissable Solution for Accurate, Reliable, and Affordable Tracking

The booming tracker market is driven by cutting-edge technology and the growing demand for interconnected devices. With various tracker options, including fitness trackers, GPS trackers, pet trackers, and asset trackers, each offering unique features and capabilities, there are several key factors to consider when building a tracker. These considerations include form factor, battery life, connectivity, and cost.

XIAO boasts a number of advantages that make it an ideal choice for powering a tracker. Its low-power microcontroller, advanced processing capabilities, compact form factor, cost-effectiveness, and wireless connectivity (via XIAO ESP32C3 and XIAO nRF52840) make XIAO a powerful and cost-efficient option for tracker development.

XIAO nRF52840 Sense-based Pet Activity Tracker To Monitor our Pet’s Health and Fitness

>>Background: Why should humans have all fitness trackers? Our pets deserve more to stay active

Many people already used fitness trackers to watch and record heart rate, daily burned calories, and step counts. We should have brought such a good thing to our beloved pets! We love our pets and we want the best for our pets: good health, deep sleep, nutritious food—essentially, all the things that ensure a long, happy life together. 

>>Solution: A low-cost and flexible fitness tracker especially for pets

This tracker only includes an XIAO nRF52840 Sense, a 3.7 V rechargeable battery, and a case on the hardware side. While on the software side, Mithun Das trained a TinyML model to make the pet’s activity recognizable and identifiable and designed an accompanying mobile app connected to the device over Bluetooth and a microcontroller sends prediction data every minute. Data is stored on mobile local storage and plotted on graphs to provide meaningful insight.

GPS Tracker: Send Location & Make Call SOS Button

>> Background 

There are many situations where a GPS tracker can be useful for sending location information, personal safety, fleet management, and adventure activities, to name a few. When embarking on an adventure, it is not uncommon for phones to lose power, leaving individuals without a means of communication. In cases where children or the elderly become lost, they may not have access to a phone or know how to use one, making a GPS tracker with a call SOS button a lifesaver. 

>> Challenge 

When designing a GPS tracker, there are several elements you should consider to ensure that your tracker is reliable, accurate, and meets your needs, something as the reliable power source, communication protocol, form factor, data storage, and cost. XIAO ESP32C3 is a low-power microcontroller with a compact form factor and support for a variety of communication protocols. It has built-in flash memory for data storage and is an affordable solution for those looking to build a GPS tracker.

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