Telemacus Radio and GPS Tracker

From Sapienza Rocket Team

Components

Controller

The Tracker is controlled by either a RP2040-Tiny or a RP2350-Tiny micro-controller board. As the board doesn't handle big computation, they are interchangeable. They may be recognizable by the inscription on the controller chip, as the RP2350 has a "RP2350" written on it.

Power Supply

The power supply section of the board

Radio

GPS

I/O Ports & Connectors

History

Rev 1

Rev 2

Lab Tests

The board powered by a benchtop power supply while transmitting at 22dB power level with a duty-cycle of over 90% consumes around 140mA