Satellite X Station

Portable Navigation System, a smart device for Satellite X.

Table of contents

• 1. Features and Screenshots
• 2. Board and Parts
• 3. Design Pictures
• 4. Pin Table
• 5. Video
• 6. Drivers
• 7. Firmwares
• 8. App Download

1. Features and Screenshots:

Device:

• Search satellites automaticly

• Display active satellites

• Display current location with longitude and latitude

• Display current speed and altitude

• Display date and time in UTC timezone from satellites

• Bluetooth mode (transfer data to App)

  

App:

• Display longitude and latitude

• Display compass with magnetic heading

• Display pressure

• Display altitude, relative altitude

• Display pitch, roll, yaw

• Display map view, following with heading

• Display location with city and country

• GPS & BDS (Bei Dou) navigation system supported

  

2. Board and Parts:

• Arduino Uno or Nano
• Optional Shield: Uno with Arduino Sensor Shield v5, Nano with I/O Shield
• Bluetooth with CC2541 (VCC, GND, TX, RX)
• OLED Screen 128x64 IIC(I2C) with SSD1306 (VCC, GND, SDA, SCL)
• Touch button with TTP223, change deivce between on-device and bluetooth working mode (VCC, GND, IO)
• Lithium battery (3.7v, 4000+mah)
• GPS/BDS module with active antenna (VCC, GND, TX, RX)
• Type-C lithium battery charger with TP4056 (OUT+, OUT-, B+, B-)

3. Design Pictures:

• Arduino Uno

  

• Arduino Nano

  

4. Pin Table:

Arduino Uno / Nano Pin	Part Pin	Part Name
VCC	VCC	Bluetooth
GND	GND	Bluetooth
RX	TX	Bluetooth
TX	RX	Bluetooth
VCC	VCC	OLED
GND	GND	OLED
A4	SDA	OLED
A5	SCL	OLED
3.3v	3.3v	GPS/BDS
GND	GND	GPS/BDS
D10	TX	GPS/BDS
D11	RX	GPS/BDS
D12	IO	Touch
VCC	VCC	Touch
GND	GND	Touch
VCC	OUT+	Charger
GND	OUT-	Charger

Charger Pin	Battery Pin
B+	VCC
B-	GND

5. Video:

https://youtu.be/aKguFKC3hpo

6. Drivers:

• macOS - Serial port driver for Sierra (10.12) and High Sierra (10.13)

7. Firmwares:

• v1.0.0

Steps:

1. Unzip the firmware file
2. Download Ardukit (macOS) and select .hex file to flash into Arduino board

8. App Download:

• Satellite X (Available on App Store, for iPhone, iPad)