Triangulation with RF Transmitters
Triangulation with RF Transmitters
(OP)
Hello,
I am looking for help on designing or integrating an electronic distance measuring device. I am trying to determine the (x,y,) and perhaps (x,y,z) locations using transmitters at known locations to a diagram and moving a receiver device over the area or volume. Triangulation would be applied and would like less than 0.5 foot accuracy. The smaller the transmitters the better and battery operation would be great.
Also if you know of any products out there that do this please let me know.
Thanks for any help.
I am looking for help on designing or integrating an electronic distance measuring device. I am trying to determine the (x,y,) and perhaps (x,y,z) locations using transmitters at known locations to a diagram and moving a receiver device over the area or volume. Triangulation would be applied and would like less than 0.5 foot accuracy. The smaller the transmitters the better and battery operation would be great.
Also if you know of any products out there that do this please let me know.
Thanks for any help.





RE: Triangulation with RF Transmitters
I don't know where the Freescale effort ended-up, but other companies may be developing similar devices.
Some of the previous threads on this topic:
thread236-176230: Interesting Project - Real-Time Personal Locators - Paintball Scenario
thread248-174728: electronic distance measuring device
thread236-132937: Radio freq. round trip signal time.
RE: Triangulation with RF Transmitters
http://www.edaboard.com/forum63.html
RE: Triangulation with RF Transmitters
RF has alot of multipath and 0.5 foot accuracy is 500 picoseconds time measurement. Tough to do.
Differential GPS used by surveyors can do what you need if you are outdoors, it's extremely accurate, 0.01 inches (guestimate).
kch