picoFix®
Ultra low power consumption without compromising performance
picoFix® is the successor to our highly successful nanoFix® GPS technology. Since its launch in 2014 nanoFix® has been the lowest power GPS solution available on the market, successfully deployed on a vast range of avian species around the world.
Continuous innovation since 2014 has led to the successful development of picoFix®. Boasting a four-fold increase in GPS capacity compared to nanoFix®, the vast power reductions obtained have been achieved without compromising GPS performance. Never before has it been possible to obtain GPS locations using such little power.
The revolutionary performance of picoFix® leads to a vast array of cutting edge tag configurations that we can produce. With significantly smaller battery and solar options now feasible, we can further push the boundaries of lightweight tag options that we can deliver with our range now starting at just 0.75g. Alternatively existing customers wishing to maintain the same form factor that they have been using with our nanoFix® tags can benefit from far greater GPS data volumes with picoFix®.
In combination with our extended range of solar charging options, picoFix® can provide the potential of winter tracking for species that have never been able to be tracked using GPS during these periods. The vastly reduced power requirements of picoFix® now makes this a possibility.
The significant power savings of picoFix® enable a diverse range of performance benefits to be achieved. Increasingly we are able to produce multi-sensor tags with ever greater capacities. For wireless download tags the significant power saved with our new GPS processing can instead be used to offload increased volumes of accelerometer and/or depth data from the tags, allowing far greater understanding of species behaviours.
0.75g GPS logger
2.0g GPS + UHF download tag
Industry Leading Tracking Technology
Key features of picoFix®
Data Delivery
How can picoFix® tags be used?
picoFix® can be employed in different configurations to suit varied application requirements:
Field-Proven Tailored Solutions
Technology focused on achieving your goals
Our tags have been deployed in the extremes of environmental conditioning; from the wet or freezing climates of the Arctic and Antarctic to the unforgiving conditions of the deserts of Africa and Asia.
We have successfully developed an extensive range of loggers and remote download tags for operation in the harsh marine environment; ranging from sub 1.0g tags for storm petrels through to 28g remote download tags for king penguins that are depth proof to 400m.
Our tags are custom-built to order allowing us to provide highly tailored solutions, and bespoke attachment options if necessary, to meet the challenging requirements of this market and achieve your goals.
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We have a wide variety of devices available, all of which have unique capabilities and characteristics. Please click on the variants below for detailed technical specifications.
