LPS:local positioning system & GPS based sports tracking |
Sports technology companies |
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Metric |
Description |
unit |
Vector S7 |
Clearsky T6 |
AT1 |
Apex |
Realtrack |
ATO1 |
S01 |
TPV23 |
ZXY arena |
VIPS |
Tracker |
S6P1 |
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2022 SALES PRICES |
Product: Athlete Tag | € |
2351 |
2100 |
300 | 2000 | 1500 | | | | 1050 | 3000 | 260 | |
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Match sportsball: sensors + LPS | € |
x | x |
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x | x |
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x | x | x |
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Mobile system |
6 anchors, 2 balls, 2 player tags | € |
| | 3900 | | | | | | | | 5960 | |
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Field-System price, initial cost |
10 Anchors, 20 tags + software | € |
54000 | 54000 | 29000 | 58000 | 32000 | 35000 | 58000 | 125000 | 29000 | 75000 | x | 45000 |
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Annual fee: 20 players, 1 system |
Club / basic | € |
10700 / x | 10700 / x | 3600 / 0 | 17000 / x |
19000 / x | 25000 / x | 32000 / x |
35000 / x | 19000 / x | 8500 / x |
8000 / x |
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 | DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT and display technology |
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Dimensions |
TAG: L x B | mm |
81 x 43 | 48 x 40 | 65 x 35 | 84 x 44 | 81 x 45 | 49 x 33 | 91 x 45 | 89 x 60 | 50 x 36 | 124 x 74 | 63 x 40 | 41 x 29 |
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TAG: Thickness / Weight | mm / g |
16 / 53 | 6 / 53 |
11 / 25 |
20 / 63 |
15 / 70 |
9,3 / 16 |
15 / 57 |
15 / 61 |
11 / 21 |
124 / 350 |
19 / 58 |
15 / 22 |
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BALL: Sensor Weight |
| g |
| | 3 |
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14 |
31 | | | | 21 | 12 |
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Sensor Placement / mass balance |
Centered Y/N = Dzhanibekov effect | |
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Y |
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Y |
N |
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N |
N |
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Display |
Pixels / Technology | |
x | x | 128x128 /MIP | 96x16 / OLED | 96x16 / OLED |
x | x | 96x16 / OLED | x | x | 64x128 /OLED | x |
 | ACCURACY and LATENCY (lantency = the delay in forwarding data) |
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Accuracy UWB static position |
3th party verified, static [rmse] | cm |
≤35 FiFa 2020 |
≤35 FiFa 2020 |
≤10 ABB, IOC |
≤20 |
≤21 FiFa 2019 |
≤25 FiFa 2021 |
≤10 | ≥30 |
≥50 |
≤2 | 10 |
10 |
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Accuracy UWB, speed > 20m/s |
3th party verified, dynamic [rmse] | cm |
>40 |
>40 |
<10 | <20 | <22 | <25 | 10 | >30 | >50 | ≤2 | 10 | 10 |
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Position latency (delay) |
Event time to PC/mobile   (< is better) | ms |
200 | 200 |
160 |
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250 FiFa 2021 |
150 |
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200 | |
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 | LPS PERFORMANCE (range, capacity. update rate, 2D/3D) |
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LPS max range |
UWB 6.8Mbps, Lign Of Sight (LOS) | m |
250 |
300 |
300 |
100 |
100 |
200 | 200 | WiFi:25mW | WiFi |
50 |
100 |
100 |
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LPS LNA on anchor |
Low Noise Amplifier, increases range | |
v | v | v |
x | x |
v | v |
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x |
x |
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LPS LNA on tags |
Low Noise Amplifier, increases range | |
v | v | v |
x | x |
x | x |
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x |
x |
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LPS tag antenna |
Ceramics < lower efficiency & range | |
ceramic/stripline | full stripline | full stripline | ceramic | ceramic | ceramic | full stripline | | | | | ceramic |
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Capacity per LPS channel |
Locates/sec (amount of tags @ 1Hz) | -/s |
1000 |
1000 |
4600 |
1000 |
1000 |
2000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1600 |
250 |
1000 |
1000 |
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Updates (position + IMU) |
Update rate [Hz] for: [# athlete tags] | Hz |
10 : 100 |
10 : 100 |
25 : 184 |
10 : 100 |
18: 100 |
20 : 100 |
10 : 100 |
10 : 100 |
20 : 80 |
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10 : 100 |
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Updates, multi players, 2D/3D |
Locates per second per player /2D.3D | -/s |
10 / 2D |
10 / 2D |
25 / 3D |
10 / 2D |
10 / 2D |
20 / 2D |
10 / 2D |
10 / 2D |
20 / 2D |
10 / 3D |
10 / 2D |
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Realtime 3D position interval |
Milli seconds   (lower is better) | ms |
100 |
100 |
5 |
100 |
100 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
20 |
200 |
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UWB frequency or WiFi |
Single or multi-channel | GHz |
4 | 4 | 4   4.5   6.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5   6.5 | 4.5   6.5 | 5.7GHz WiFi | 5GHz WiFi | 4   6.5 | 4 | 4 |
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LPS bandwidth |
Higher is better | MHz |
500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
135 |
10 |
500 | 500 |
500 |
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SPORTS BALLS Tracked + sensors |
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Sportball impact detection |
Impact detection, checks/sec | Hz |
x | x | 1000 |
x | x | 500 |
200 |
x | x | x |
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Update rate for sportballs |
Locates per second per ball (50 or higher) | -/s |
x | x | 150 |
x | x | 50 |
20 |
x | x | x |
10 |
3 |
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MOTION CAPTURE IMU (inertial measurement unit) in the (tag)
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IMU sensor (Motion Capture) |
IMU sensor update rate (output) | Hz |
100 |
100 |
200 |
100 |
100 |
200 |
100 |
x |
100 |
60 |
100 |
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IMU samples/s:Accelerometer, Gyro |
Internal sample rate  (higher is better) | Hz |
100, 100 |
100, 100 |
8000, 8000 |
953, 953 |
1000, 1000 |
9000, 4500 |
1000, 1000 |
x |
1000, 1000 |
800, 800 |
1000, 1000 |
1000, 1000 |
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IMU Gyro,Accelerometer,Magneto |
Effective bit resolution   (higher is better) | bits |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
19:18:16 |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
x |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
16:16:14 |
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IMU range:Accelerometer, Gyro |
G : dps (degree/sec)  (higher is better) | |
16 : 2000 |
16 : 2000 |
32 : 4000 |
16 : 2000 |
32 : 2000 |
30 : 4000 |
32 : 2000 |
x |
32 : 2000 |
32 : 2000 |
16 : 2000 |
32 : 2000 |
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Motion capture data offloading |
UWB realtime wireless IMU offload | |
| v | v | | | |
v | | | | |
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Motion capture data offloading |
WiFi based (shared w.o. WiFi users) | |
| | | v | v | v | | v |
v | v | |
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Motion capture data offloading |
Stored on board/tag for post analysis | |
v | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | Integrated systems or sensors in the (tag) |
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Muscle oxygen sensor integrated |
Sensor values in realtime via UWB | MOx |
x |
x |
v |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Haptic (motor) |
Tactile feedback | |
v |
v |
v |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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GPS (GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou) |
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v |
x |
v |
v |
v |
x |
x |
x |
x |
v |
x |
x |
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Bluetooth |
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v |
v |
v |
v |
v |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
v |
v |
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USB |
USB data exchange port |  |
x |
x |
v |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
v |
x |
v |
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WiFi |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
v |
x |
x |
x |
x |
v |
x |
x |
 | External sensor integration |
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Heartratebelt Bluetooth ANT pair |
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| | v |
| v |
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v |
v |
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Heart rate belt 5.3kHz |
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v |
v |
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 | BATTERY capacity and HOURS of operation (most OEM manuals are too optimistic, the figure is based on realworld chipset energy consumption and onboard battery capacity as found in FCC documentation linked below) |
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Battery capacity (LiPo) |
Capacity   (higher is better) | mAh/Wh |
455 / 1.60 | 350 / 1.25 | 500 / 1.8 | 400 / 1.50 | 1300 / 4.55 | 250 / 0.88 | 400 / 1.5 | 1500 / 5.25 | | | | |
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Energy consumption, < is better |
UWB / GPS / IMU (on / 10Hz / 100+Hz) | mW |
550 | 400 | 350 | 400 | 850 | 350 | 400 | 900 | | 2000 | | 2000 |
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Operational hours |
active IMU+BT+LPS   (higher is better) | hrs |
3.0 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.8 | | | | |
 | Technology used (tag) |
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Chipset, main controller (tag) |
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STM32H753AII6 | STM32 | nRF5340 core1 | nRF52840 | Atom E640 | ATSAM4S | ATSAM4S | Xc2s200 | | | |
nRF52832 |
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Wireless BT 5.0 & USB controller |
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nRF52832-CIA | | nRF5340 core2 | integrated | Intel Edison |
x | x | x | | | | |
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LPS Transceiver |
Chipset or '-M' for module | |
DW1000 | DW1000 | DW1000 | DW1000 | DW1000-M | DW1000 | DW1000 | discrete | | DW1000 |
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LPS Timebase |
TCXO (temp. compensated == more stable) | |
TCXO | TCXO | TCXO | X-tal | X-tal | X-tal | TCXO | TCXO |
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TCXO |
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X-tal |
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GPS chipset |
All OEM use swiss U-blox for GPS | |
EVA M8Q-010 | x | Zoe-M8B | Max-M8Q | M8W | x |
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x |
x |
Max-M8Q |
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x |
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GPS Sensitivity |
higher is better | |-dBm| |
166 | x | 167 | 164 | 164 | x |
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x |
x |
164 |
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x |
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GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou |
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v | x | v |
v | v | x |
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x |
x |
v |
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x |
Inside view   (FCC) |
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