Please don't make fun of me .... okay,
I'm doing a project that is creating a GPS Tracker. I am using the arduino mega 2560, a GPRS/GSM module, and a GPS Logger Shield. My problem right now is trying to make sure the ports are correct. I'm the programmer to this project and I know a lot of nothing about these boards but I know that I need TX and Rx to use the software serial to send and receive data. Is there anyway someone can help me. I will give more info if necessary.
I've been doing that I've played with all of the examples and right now I'm playing with the TinyGps example and which is where my question is coming from. The boards are stacked so its a lot harder for me to follow on a video because the videos have each piece connected with the wires so I don't really understand.
Also, I know about using the serials(1,2,and 3) but I don't believe that will work for me since the other boards only connect to the pins that would be using the main serial. Or would that matter ?
I attached the example code at the bottom I know its made standard for an uno.
arduinoweb.txt (4.43 KB)
i understand all of the code. im just trying to understand the RX and TX ports honestly for each board so it can be programmed properly
they are stacked, and every video I've referenced shows them using jumpers which made the declaration in the code for the connection is easier to define I don't know if there is a difference with them being stacked. The reason why I chose software serial because using hardware serial you have to use TX 14 RX 15 TX 16 RX 17 TX 18 RX 19 for the additional serial usage. but the boards aren't connected to those.
Yeah I read some more and decided to do that because the other two are too different to stack if that makes sense
