Hi guys and gals
Looking for ways to use my old GPS "LT-20". It seems one way to learn about this device is to use Delorme's Serial Port Emulator.
Everything I find about this has a link that sends me to Garmin's site where I can find absolutely nothing about this tool. Garmin took over Delorme some time back. and apparantly don't see the need to continue offering this tool.
Does anybody have a copy of this tool that you could share with me. It would be greatly appreciated.
hoke
I cannot find any Arduino relation in your question. Why do you ask such stuff in an Arduino forum? There are plenty of Garmin forums to ask.
I came to this forum because I want to use the GPS with Arduino, and had hoped that another
Arduino user had jumped through some of the same hoops.
hoke
I came to this forum because I want to use the GPS with Arduino, and had hoped that another
Arduino user had jumped through some of the same hoops.
In this case you need an Arduino which has USB host functionality and you need an in-detail description of the used USB messages. In my opinion this is not worth the effort because GPS devices for the Arduino are so cheap these days that reverse engineering the protocol is to much work.
The easiest way to get that thing working is to use Linux as current distributions have the driver for the USB serial converter built-in. Get a Raspberry Pi or something like that and you'll have it running in minutes.
thanks, I know there are lots of GPS devices out there. I just thought that I'd make use of the one I have in hand.
Thinking of making a device that using a 16x2 or 29x4 lcd, I would use the gps for a combination of lat, long, time and compass.
just plinking around.'
hoke
Thinking of making a device that using a 16x2 or 29x4 lcd, I would use the gps for a combination of lat, long, time and compass.
As I wrote, it's much easier to do with a RaspberryPi than with an Arduino if you want to use the LT-20 as the GPS device.