Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger
Posted: Aug 14th, 2014, 1:49 am
So I went and did a weird thing! I put a GPS module on my ROV.
Why you might ask!?
The short answer, I like a challenge!
The real answer, the clock is more accurate then any budget RTC, and I plan on doing a lot of data logging with my ROV. I will have the GPS module mounted in my surface control station, so I will actually know MY position, maybe not my ROV...
I will then share the clock data between the control station and the ROV for data logging.
The Adafruit Ultimate GPS logger works pretty slick! There are plenty of example online how to use the data, and I had it up an running in no time! The shield has the advantage of having a "Direct" mode, which bypasses the Arduino, only using the USB-Serial converter on the Arduino.
Unfortunately, the SoftSerial pins the shield uses (7,8) do not line up with the open pins on my LCD display shield (2,3), so I had to do a bit of wiring... but the final rendition will have a hardwired solution (I hope).
Why you might ask!?
The short answer, I like a challenge!
The real answer, the clock is more accurate then any budget RTC, and I plan on doing a lot of data logging with my ROV. I will have the GPS module mounted in my surface control station, so I will actually know MY position, maybe not my ROV...
I will then share the clock data between the control station and the ROV for data logging.
The Adafruit Ultimate GPS logger works pretty slick! There are plenty of example online how to use the data, and I had it up an running in no time! The shield has the advantage of having a "Direct" mode, which bypasses the Arduino, only using the USB-Serial converter on the Arduino.
Unfortunately, the SoftSerial pins the shield uses (7,8) do not line up with the open pins on my LCD display shield (2,3), so I had to do a bit of wiring... but the final rendition will have a hardwired solution (I hope).