Cactus IoT, a sustainable IoT engineering Catalan company with more than 15 years of experience with software and hardware development, has chosen Ignion for their Neu Boots design project. Through this partnership, Cactus IoT will utilize Ignion’s virtual antenna solutions to provide a highly accurate and robust real-time tracking system to revolutionize Neu Boots’ hardware design, resulting in revolutionary ski boots.
The Challenge
One of Cactus IoT’s clients, Neu Boots, a Catalan ski boot company, needed to build a hardware board that could collect and send data collected by their revolutionary boot’s integrated sensors. Located in the insole and tibia of the skier with different measuring points, such as, inside pressure, loads, leg extension, speed, orientation, and tracking, the sensor uses NB-IoT and GNSS for real-time analysis.
The company needed to find an antenna manufacturer that could cover NB-IoT and GNSS in an efficient way under challenging weather conditions and in a small form factor.
The Solution
Cactus IoT chose Ignion's highly virtualized antennas to withstand demanding environmental conditions. This selection was based on previous successful connectivity projects delivered by Ignion’s Virtual Antenna® components and design recommendations.
Cactus’ CEO, Israel Blanco, knew the first step to start with the board’s design was to use the Antenna Intelligence Cloud™ for antenna selection, placement, and expected efficiency report to minimize risks and resources.
Cactus IoT chose two virtual antenna solutions, DUO mXTEND™ and TRIO mXTEND™ for integration into Neu Boots hardware design. The integration of these virtual antennas resulted in reduced signal loss and improved accuracy of location tracking due to their powerful performance and slim design. This makes them ideal solutions for a variety of platforms, including tracking devices, IoT sensors, and IoT cellular/ISM modules.
The antennas can perform in a wide range of frequencies, which is particularly useful for IoT sensors in harsh environments like the Neu Boots project. The antennas can be configured to operate in both NB-IoT as well as GNSS bands, providing wide area coverage and tracking capabilities. Additionally, Ignion’s Virtual Antenna® components allow for better signal reception in remote locations, improving the efficiency of data collection.
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