Logs don’t take that much of a space, for example an 8Gb SD card should probably hold around 3-4 years of data if you ride everyday for a couple hours. There is also an online cloud api where you can upload and store your data, I’m currently working on implementing an account system for it.
As for the SD card, you can give your old one a try, it should work without problems, it doesn’t need to be super fast, I have an unbranded Chinese one I got with my 3D printer and it is holding pretty fine.
I think I’m going to start batch 2 production sometime this week, which takes around 2 weeks before I can ship it out
I doubt it will. Those things tend to lose signal pretty fast. I haven’t seen any with “external” antenna. Instead there are pretty much the same units packed in a waterproof box that you can put on top op your foil or somewhere where the signal shall still be good.
The proposed ublox Neo 6m has a GPS external antenna connector in U.FL standard.
Midpage: you can snap or screw a remote antenna extension to the module U.FL connector An antenna is required to use the module for any kind of communication. So, the module comes with a patch antenna having -161 dBm sensitivity. Patch antenna is great for most projects. But if you want to achieve more sensitivity **or put your module inside a metal case**, you can also snap on any 3V active GPS antenna via the U.FL connector.
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U.FL connectors are small, delicate and are not rated for strain. To prevent damaging the U.FL connection, we recommend threading the U.FL cable through the mounting hole, then attach the U.FL connectors.
Yeah I see, but what they call “external” antenna is just the GPS antenna (that brown square box) which I said might be packed in a waterproof box. Nothing like an antenna we’re use to see on receiver for exemple.
Yes. I’m thinking I could solder a shielded extension wire into that wire and mount that patch antenna to the underside of the hatch at the forward most end of the compartment.
It would still have to work through the carbon fiber hatch, but if the VESC Bluetooth works through the aluminum box, and the Carbon fiber hatch, and the maytech extended antenna worked through the CF hatch, hopefully this will?
I’d hate to mount it on the deck of the board, but as a last resort I could route the wire under the seal at the forward end of the compartment and put the patch antenna under the deck pad.
Just ideas. I purchased the ilogger, so I’ll let you guys know how it goes. I haven’t decided what GPS module to buy yet. But, needs to be one with the external antenna option.
@WavRX will this GPS module work? And what thoughts do you have about GPS signal strength?
@Flightjunkie Yes that’s the exact module I currently have and do my tests on.
Unlike Bluetooth, GPS antennas typically need a clear view of the sky, but I would first try and see if it gets a GPS lock inside the enclosure, it doesn’t then work your way out until it does.
I was working on fixing many Beta bugs and today I released yet another update ironing out several of the iLogger functionalities as well as improving the app.
I would appreciate if I can receive some feedback, especially from Android users because it seems like there is BLE compatibility issues with Android 10+.
Fixed a critical bug causing settings data to get corrupted in the heap.
Optimized real-time telemetry screen
Fixed a bug when logging to SD card, causing memory heap corruption.
Fixed lifetime odometer triggering threshold, sometimes it would keep incrementing even when the wheels are idle.
Fixed speed not showing on a recorded log chart
Fixed a bug related to GPS detection, also added real-time GPS status monitoring.
How to update: Method 1: OTA (If you can connect with the app)
Connect to your iLogger using the Infinity Tool, make sure it is connected to a wifi access point (Green LED is ON), go to settings, “Check For Updates”.
If your iLogger is connected to the internet, you will see a message saying that a new version is available, and it is going to start the firmware update automatically.
Wait until it says update done successfully, this can take a few minutes, please do not interrupt.
Place the firmware update named “update.bin” in the root of your SD card, put the sd card back in while the iLogger is turned off. Before turning it on, press and hold the failsafe button. Turn on the module, then release the button.
iLogger will try to find the update.bin file in the root folder of the SD card, and it will perform the firmware update automatically (The blue LED will blink very fast when it is being flashed).
*Give it a minute or two, iLogger will reboot automatically when the update is done.
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