Hi folks,
i just started to present my project in the german section, but if you want you could take a look at the photos, I've posted there. http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1294013287/0
The most important views are visible in a short video uploaded on youtube, check Speedoino - YouTube
Maybe I will translate all the features later, outstanding ( as i think ):
Flash Arduino Sketch wireless using Bluetooth
Logging GPS Position ( 1 Hz )
OLED Pictivia Display( Compare the contrast to the LCD Display in the Back of the video )
Waypoint Navigation
Animation loaded from the micro SD Card
... to be continued
Greets jkw
My Navigation (its a little less than navigation), which is no yet road testet ( we have a lot of snow in germany right now, not good for motorbike ) works with a EM406 GNSS Receiver - EM-506N5 - GPS-19629 - SparkFun Electronics. The Steps for successful "navigation":
Open Googleearth and place waypoint whereever you want, i plan to place a waypoint on every turn
Start the miracle skript that converts the Google KML file to something my code can unterstand
open a serial connection to the speedoino ( wireless, using bluetooth ) and navigate to the "import gps" menupoint
Paste the route to the terminal, the speedoino will save it on the installed SD card
start motorbike and ride down the street, the speedoino will calculate the distance to the first waypoint and show something like "turn left" "Hannoverstreeet" as you can see in the video
as soon as you reach the "area ( distance less than 30 m to exact location of the waypoint )" the speedoino will jump to the next waypoint ...
thats if for now. No "planing the route live" with the arduino ..
JKW
Here is a thought I had whilst watching one of the HUBB-DVD's, given you can log current GPS position, and navigate a route, how much work do you think it will be to have a "direct distance to waypoint" function? Meaning that you can enter a waypoint and it shows you how far you are from that point as the crow flies.
This is great if you are on some outskirts of a country you have never been exploring roads you have never seen or been on, yet you know how far the next town is if all goes badly wrong.