A Low Cost Radio Platform for Search and Rescue Scenarios

For search and rescue scenarios [1,2], radio devices with precision comparable to laboratory instruments are needed. More than that, the modules have to be small enough to be integrated on autonomous robotic platforms [3] or drones, for search and rescue activities. Power consumption have to be small enough to sustain a reasonable time of autonomy. For this purpose, we have imagined two modules, a fixed frequency receiver and a wideband transceiver.