pqADSB-NG
SkyFox Labs s.r.o.
PocketQube ADS-B air traffic control receiver with embedded, non-deployable antenna array.
Technical specifications
- Type
- PocketQube ADS-B system with embedded antenna array
- Receiver
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Mode-S 1090ES, 1090 MHz
- Squitter formats
- 56-bit, 112-bit extended squitters plus CRC filters, downlink formats DF11 and DF17
- Sensitivity
- Up to -106 dBm (10^-2 BER)
- Operational range
- Up to 1600 km slant range, up to 75000 fpm
- Intended orbit
- LEO up to h = 500+ km
- Power requirement
- 2.7-3.6 V @ 75 mA (250 mW)
- Interface
- UART 230400 bps-8-N-1, 3V3-CMOS levels
- Dimensions
- 50x50x12.5 mm
- Operating temperature
- -40 C to +85 C
- Connector
- PicoBlade 1.25 6P connector (power + data)
- Mass
- 70 g
About
The pqADSB-NG is a next-generation PocketQube ADS-B air traffic control receiver based on freely available 1090ES squitters transmitted from aircraft. The next-generation RF chain features improved demodulator sensitivity, a telemetry engine, and a squitter counter with ASCII output via a serial UART channel, in a compact solution including an antenna array with no deployables. The standalone, dedicated RF chain requests only the energy necessary to monitor 1090 MHz ADS-B air traffic, with a non-deployable antenna array eliminating deployment failure risk. It supports civil downlink formats DF11 and DF17, with 56-bit and 112-bit extended squitters plus CRC filters.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
