Mount it on the vehicle. Conduit selects the strongest available LTE network and connects the aircraft to SkyRelay—no line of sight and no manufacturer cloud required.
Each stands on its own. None depends on trusting the aircraft’s own systems to tell the truth about themselves.
Conduit evaluates signal across AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and 550+ partner networks through Hologram, then moves to the strongest available carrier automatically. A dead zone on one network is not a dead zone for the aircraft.
Logs stream off the aircraft over LTE as the flight happens and land in storage the operator controls—not the flight controller’s SD card and not the manufacturer’s cloud.
PACE is a four-step communications fallback plan: Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency. Each tier is decided before the flight, so the crew already knows what comes next when a link fails.
Last-known GNSS position and an 85 dB recovery buzzer remain available on the Conduit’s own battery—even when the airframe loses power.
Conduit takes the readily available LilyGo T-SIM7600NA and turns it into a cellular companion computer. SkyRelay’s proprietary firmware connects the flight controller to cloud operations, handles MAVLink telemetry and commands, and receives updates over LTE.
Flight records and positional history belong to the operator, exportable in standard formats on request. Accessing your own fleet’s history does not require SkyRelay support, and nothing is held hostage by a subscription lapse.
One Conduit unit. What it does for a given aircraft depends on whether that aircraft shares its flight data.
| Capability | Track · Closed systems | Link · MAVLink airframes |
|---|---|---|
| Compatible platforms | DJI · Autel · Skydio | ArduPilot · PX4 · Cube · Auterion |
| Command-link takeover (PACE tier A) | Not applicable—no flight-data access | Included |
| GPS recovery + audible buzzer | Included | Included |
| Insurance-grade flight log | Included | Included |
Presented complete and unrounded—the hardware, interfaces, and physical envelope of the current Conduit.
| Compute and connectivity | |
|---|---|
| Processor | ESP32-WROVER (dual-core, 240 MHz) |
| Cellular chipset | SIM7600NA (LTE Cat-1, 10 Mbps down / 5 Mbps up) |
| Bands | B2 / B4 / B5 / B12 / B13 / B14 / B25/ B66 / B71 |
| Carriers | AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon—US · Bell, Rogers, Telus, Videotron—Canada (via Hologram, 550+ networks globally) |
| Position and recovery | |
| GPS / GNSS | SIM7600 integrated GNSS (GPS + GLONASS) · ±2.5 m CEP |
| Bluetooth | BLE 4.2 (Remote ID scan) |
| Battery | 18650 Li-Ion battery |
| Recovery buzzer | 85 dB passive piezo |
| Vehicle interface | |
| MAVLink | MAVLink2 via UART |
| Interface cable | 4-pin JST SH1.0, 20 cm |
| Physical construction | |
| Case | 3D-printed, safety yellow/gold |
| Dimensions | 125 × 40 × 47 mm (4.9 × 1.6 × 1.9 in) |
| Weight | 160 g (5.6 oz) |
SkyRelay uses Hologram IoT SIM cards. The SIM auto-selects the strongest available carrier across 550+ networks in 190+ countries.
The technologies below describe Hologram partner-network availability. Conduit itself connects using its LTE Cat-1 modem and supported LTE bands.
On the Conduit K01 case shown, the UART crossover is already handled inside the case. Connect the four-pin cable to a spare MAVLink UART by matching the labels end to end—GND to GND, 5V to 5V, TX to TX, and RX to RX. Do not cross TX and RX again.
Cube/Pixhawk-standard boards with JST-GH 1.25 mm TELEM ports require a JST SH1.0-to-JST GH 1.25 mm adapter cable, sold separately.