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We present here the electronic circuit design as well as the associated firmware for animal monitoring that was entirely designed by our interdisciplinary research team to allow the extension of device features in the future. Our development stands out for being a family of low-cost and low-power devices, that could be easily adaptable to other species and contexts. Each device is composed of a sub 1 GHz radiofrequency IoT-compatible transceiver, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, a magnetometer, and temperature and inertial sensors. The device does not exceed 5% of the animal\u2019s weight to avoid disturbance in their behavior. The board was designed to work as a monitoring device as well as a collecting data station and a tracker, by adding only small pieces of hardware. We performed field measurements to assess the autonomy and range of the radiofrequency link, as well as the power consumption and the associated positioning error. 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