MAGIC Series Context

Market context

MAGIC Series is Notch's software-defined metamaterial antenna family for directional RF links on drones, vehicles and fixed systems.

  • Target environment: Drones, ground vehicles, ground stations, fixed installations and wireless platforms with range or link-quality constraints.
  • Workflow context: Directional RF communications, beam steering, range extension, drone data links and radio integration without moving parts.
  • Customer context: Drone builders, defense integrators, robotics teams and wireless-platform operators needing stronger directional communications.
  • Deployment model: Launched component family with WIZARD and ELF configurations for different platform sizes.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercially launched product family with public configuration details and performance claims.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on frequency fit, radio compatibility, platform weight limits, integration effort and field link performance.
  • Market position: Software-defined antenna layer for robot and drone communications, separate from autonomy software or vehicle hardware.
  • Adjacent products: TrellisWare radio systems, Silvus links, Doodle Labs radios, conventional directional antennas

Specifications

  • Antenna Technology: Electronically reconfigurable metamaterial structures
  • Beam Steering: Shapes and steers RF energy electronically
  • Coverage Rate: azimuth coverage: 360 degrees azimuth coverage
  • Moving Parts: No moving parts
  • Radio Integration: Works with existing radios and standard RF interfaces
  • Architecture: current configurations: MAGIC WIZARD for ground stations, vehicles and fixed installations; MAGIC ELF for smaller drone platforms
  • Commercial Status: Initial MAGIC configurations available now; broader ISM-band coverage planned
  • Range Improvement: More than 2x effective range improvement versus a standard omni antenna in WIZARD configuration

Family specifications

  • MAGIC WIZARD - Fit: Ground stations, vehicles and fixed installations - Weight: approximately 700 g - Power Draw: under 600 mW - Range Improvement: more than 2x versus standard omni antenna
  • MAGIC ELF - Fit: Smaller payload-constrained drone platforms - Weight: approximately 250 g - Range Improvement: improved link performance without heavy RF upgrade

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