Hi @Stefal,
Thank you for sharing the RTKBase project here. I’ve been using it for a few weeks and I can testify now that it is really reliable to work in the field. It can be used with any NTRIP caster (I use centipede.fr) or directly via TCP (opening a port on the box is necessary though).
My setup is the following :
- Antenna ANN-MB-00 mounted on a square 20x20 cm ground plane (ardusimple)
- U-Blox Zed-F9P on SimpleRTK2B board (ardusimple)
- Raspberry pi 3B+ (8 GB micro SD card)
- Ethernet wired connexion to internet (no wifi)
After some research, the alternatives I found are :
- espRTK but you have to build your own PCB (lots of components and wiring, closed source firmware, Getting started for beginner - ESPrtk -ESP32 RTK). It was implemented by darrenjlobb at least (RTK Base Station Project (ESPRTK, SimpleRTK2B, NTRIP))
- using an Arduino Mega, an Ethernet shield and the code from woody_matt. Github here : GitHub - MattWoodhead/NTRIP_LAN_Server_for_Arduino: An NTRIP Server suitable for use with an Arduino Mega and an Ethernet shield
- using a Raspberry Pi and str2str (equivalent of strsvr but in command line), with a failsafe measure to restart the process automatically in case of powerdown or bug (RTKBase: a GUI for your own Gnss Base Station)
All things considered, RTKBase is in my opinion the simplest solution to deploy a base station. It is also fairly inexpensive and beginner friendly.