Product Highlights
- Atom System-on-Chip platform
- Full, worldwide FLARM interoperability
- V2X communication payloads
- Cortex-M4F processing core
- Integrated Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth module
- 72-channel u-blox GNSS engine
- Web app for configuration and diagnostics
- 1090 MHz receiver for ADS-B and rebroadcast services (TIS-B/ADS-R)
- Sensor for pressure altitude
- Consolidated, unified traffic stream
- Direct broadcast remote ID, compliant with ASTM F3411-19, EC 2019/945, EC 2020/1058
To safely integrate drones into airspace shared with manned aviation is a demanding challenge for the industry. Leveraging the new FLARM Atom platform, Atom UAV is a comprehensive, fully-featured FLARM system in a tiny package, providing detect & avoid with more than 50,000 manned aircraft. Atom UAV combines a FLARM radio transceiver, an ADS-B receiver, and a Wi‑Fi transmitter for direct-broadcast Remote ID, compliant with ASTM F3411-19. Atom UAV complies with the relevant FCC and EN/ETSI standards.
Atom UAV is available in two versions: OEM and Standalone. The OEM version is free of any enclosure and can be directly integrated into own designs: M3 mounting holes in a 30.5 mm grid and the board-to-board connector allow for stacking with other modules or on a carrier board. The standalone version has an enclosure and uses the JST-GH connector used by many UAV flight controller platforms. Both versions stream traffic information in either the MAVLink or JSON protocol formats.
Atom UAV implements the ASTM F3411-19 standard for remote ID, based on direct-broadcast Wi‑Fi. An additional Remote ID implementation based on FTD-129 is available.
Traffic information is output via Wi-Fi or serial port in a unified stream, merging ADS-B and FLARM traffic and dynamically selecting the source of higher quality. Multiple streaming formats are available: JSON, MAVLink, and GDL90.
On MAVLink-based systems, Atom UAV delivers HEARTBEAT and VEHICLE_ADSB messages. It further implements the configuration interface via the PARAM_REQUEST_xxx mechanism. Systems supporting the GPS_RAW_INT and SYSTEM_TIME messages can override the built-in GNSS receiver and inject their own navigation solution.
Mechanical
Common
| MCX 1 | FLARM |
| MCX 2 | ADS-B 1090 MHz |
| MCX 3 | GNSS, 3.3 V supply |
| USB-C | Maintenance, power |
| Micro-SD | FAT, exFAT (optional) |
OEM Version
| Dimensions | 50x36x8 mm (without connectors) |
| Mass | 17 g |
| Enclosure | None |
| Data | Samtec TFM-104-02-L-D, 8 pin female |
| Mounting holes | 30.5 x 30.5 mm grid |
| Wi-Fi | u.FL connector |
Standalone Version
| Dimensions | 54x42x16 mm (without connectors) |
| Mass | 50 g |
| Enclosure | Yes |
| Data | JST-GH 6 pin female |
| Wi-Fi | Integrated antenna |
Functions
| Interoperability | All FLARM devices |
| Frequency Range | Europe: 868 MHz/25 mW USA: 902–928 MHz/100 mW |
| Radio Power | 25 or 100 mW, depending on the region |
| FLARM Functions | Traffic information Tracking Status, heartbeat Flight recording Error conditions Configuration |
| Remote ID | ASTM F3411-19 FTD-129 |
| GNSS | GPS Galileo EGNOS, WAAS |
| ADS-B Receiver |
ADS-B 1090 MHz TIS-B ADS-R −81 to +22 dBm dynamic range |
Interfaces
| USB-C | Serial (over USB) Power 5 VDC |
| Data | Serial UART Power 5–28 VDC CANbus (optional) |
| Serial Protocols | JSON MAVLink |
| Wi-Fi Protocols | JSON GDL90 |
| CANbus Protocols | CANaerospace UAVCAN v0 |
| UI | 4 bicolor LEDs Fact. default switch |
| MAVLink | Traffic information Navigation input Device configuration |
JST-GH Pinout
| Pin | Function | Alternative Function |
| 1 | Vin 5–28 V | |
| 2 | TXD UART | |
| 3 | RXD UART | |
| 4 | CANbus TX | GPIO |
| 5 | CANbus RX | GPIO |
| 6 | GND |
TFM-104-02-L-D Pinout
| Pin | Function | Alternative Function |
| 1 | Vin 5–28 V | |
| 2 | TXD UART | |
| 3 | DO NOT CONNECT | |
| 4 | RXD UART | |
| 5 | DO NOT CONNECT | |
| 6 | CANbus TX | GPIO |
| 7 | GND | |
| 8 | CANbus RX | GPIO |
Operating Range
| Power Supply | 5–28 VDC (Data connector) |
| Power Consumption | TBD |
| Operating Temperature | −20 to +70 °C |
| Compliance | ETSI RED FCC CFR 47 part 15 RoHS |
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