BaboonEdge¶
experimental availability: on-request verification: medium
Baboon collar prototype (22 mm collar, 3x AAA) intended for use with a cardiac monitoring (CMDQ) tag.
Typical use: baboon tracking, cardiac monitoring research.
Specifications¶
| Positioning | u-blox GNSS, LR11xx GNSS, BLE scan |
| Connectivity | LoRaWAN, BLE |
| Sensors | accelerometer, temperature |
| Power | primary / 3x AAA |
| Dimensions | — |
| Weight | 120 g |
| Enclosure | 22 mm collar |
Firmware¶
| Firmware board | rhinoedge_nrf52840 |
| Tracker type | baboonedge_tracker (value 14) |
| Hardware revisions supported | 1.4.0-1.6.0 |
| Latest firmware | v8.0.1 (2026-09-24) |
Runs the shared OpenCollar Edge firmware; see supported hardware for revision groups and the releases page for downloads.
Based on RhinoEdge Cube.
Repositories¶
- Electronics: RhinoEdge Cube electronics (rhinoedge_nrf52840) (latest: V1.6.0 (2025-04-08))
Tools¶
- Configure and update: Smart Parks Connect ShortRange (BLE web app), Smart Parks Connect App (Android)
- Decode data: Raw logs decoder
External links¶
Note
Hardware basis inferred from the firmware tracker type table.