My code stopped working for my GPS module and in trying to troubleshoot it, I have simplified it down to the code below, which still isn't working, it will only display "looping" for serial out. I have to be over looking something simple, that I'm hoping a second set of eyes will pick up, as when I…

[image] turbosupramk3: issue with if (gps.encode(SoftSerial.read())) not working The issue is that you are filling up the SoftwareSerial receive buffer and losing characters. gps.encode(SoftSerial.read()) takes one character at a time and feeds it into the gps library. gps.encode() will ret…

GPS module help needed

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van_der_decken February 19, 2024, 6:45am 2

Two questions:

Why use SoftwareSerial on a Mega when you've got 4 hardware serial ports?
Pin 100?

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GPS module help needed

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