NEO-6M GPS Library

[Power_Broker]

In order to learn how to create a lightweight interface with GPS devices I wrote a library to work with my NEO-6M GPS module.

With this library you can set the baud, sample rate, turn on/off individual NMEA sentences, and parse NMEA data. The source code is hosted on GitHub here.

Please take a look, critique it (I can use the constructive criticism ), and use it for your own projects if you want to.

Here is an example sketch that shows how to use the library:

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#include "neo6mGPS.h"




neo6mGPS myGPS;




void setup()
{
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
 
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while(!Serial);
 
  myGPS.begin(Serial1);
}




void loop()
{
  if(myGPS.available())
  {
    Serial.print(myGPS.utc);       Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.navStatus); Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.lat);       Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.latDir);    Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.lon);       Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.lonDir);    Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.sog_knots); Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.print(myGPS.cog_true);  Serial.print(" | ");
    Serial.println();
  }
}





[pert]

Thanks for your contribution to the Arduino project Power_Broker!

What is the purpose of these lines of your example sketch?:

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  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);

[Power_Broker]

What is the purpose of these lines of your example sketch?:

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  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);

I use Teensy 3.5 boards that do not have power leds like normal Arduinos. To work around this, all of my sketches use the pin 13 led as a makeshift power led.

[pert]

It seems unnecessary in the example even for the Teensy, since you're going to be able to tell it's on from the Serial Monitor output.

If you are going to leave them in the example, I recommend adding a comment to explain their purpose.

[iamnotgenius]

thank you for your library, I will try it soon !