This code works great. BUT. As soon as I add a simple delay,
Serial.println("\n\r Delay Here \n\r");
delay(1000);
it fails.
I have 6 sensors that I'm using, and all the data is being logged to an sd card. But the data was being garbled up. I did all I could think of to debug it, and i came down to the GPS unit. For whatever reason, I can't add anything to this base code that I'm using. Even a simple delay causes it to freeze up.
Google didn't help me, so I'm hoping you guys would.
Thanks.
/*
6-8-10
Aaron Weiss
SparkFun Electronics
Example GPS Parser based off of arduiniana.org TinyGPS examples.
Parses NMEA sentences from an EM406 running at 4800bps into readable
values for latitude, longitude, elevation, date, time, course, and
speed.
For the SparkFun GPS Shield. Make sure the switch is set to DLINE.
Once you get your longitude and latitude you can paste your
coordinates from the terminal window into Google Maps. Here is the
link for SparkFun's location.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.06477,+-105.20997
Uses the NewSoftSerial library for serial communication with your GPS,
so connect your GPS TX and RX pin to any digital pin on the Arduino,
just be sure to define which pins you are using on the Arduino to
communicate with the GPS module.
*/
// In order for this sketch to work, you will need to download
// NewSoftSerial and TinyGPS libraries from arduiniana.org and put them
// into the hardware->libraries folder in your ardiuno directory.
// Here are the lines of code that point to those libraries.
//
//
// 28/08/2010
// I could not get the NewSoftSerial Drivers to work
// on my Arduino Mega with the Sparkfun GPS shield.
// I desoldered the 2 jumpers, then jumpered the GPS's Rx to Pin 14, Tx to Pin 15
// This is UART3
// As PaulS pointed out, why use soft serial on a board with 4 UART's?
//
//
#include <TinyGPS.h>
//Set this value equal to the baud rate of your GPS
#define GPSBAUD 4800
// Create an instance of the TinyGPS object
TinyGPS gps;
// This is where you declare prototypes for the functions that will be
// using the TinyGPS library.
void getgps(TinyGPS &gps);
// In the setup function, you need to initialize two serial ports; the
// standard hardware serial port (Serial()) to communicate with your
// terminal program and another hardware serial port (Serial3()) for your
// GPS.
//
//
void setup()
{
// This is the serial rate for your terminal program. It must be this
// fast because we need to print everything before a new sentence
// comes in. If you slow it down, the messages might not be valid and
// you will likely get checksum errors.
Serial.begin(115200);
//Sets baud rate of your GPS
Serial3.begin(GPSBAUD);
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("GPS Shield QuickStart Example Sketch v12.u");
Serial.println(" ...waiting for lock... ");
Serial.println("");
}
// This is the main loop of the code. All it does is check for data on
// the RX pin of the ardiuno, makes sure the data is valid NMEA sentences,
// then jumps to the getgps() function.
void loop()
{
while(Serial3.available()) // While there is data on the RX pin...
{
int c = Serial3.read(); // load the data into a variable...
if(gps.encode(c)) // if there is a new valid sentence...
{
getgps(gps); // then grab the data.
}
}
Serial.println("\n\r Delay Here \n\r");
delay(1000);
}
// The getgps function will get and print the values we want.
void getgps(TinyGPS &gps)
{
// To get all of the data into varialbes that you can use in your code,
// all you need to do is define variables and query the object for the
// data. To see the complete list of functions see keywords.txt file in
// the TinyGPS and NewSoftSerial libs.
// Define the variables that will be used
float latitude, longitude;
// Then call this function
gps.f_get_position(&latitude, &longitude);
// You can now print variables latitude and longitude
Serial.print("Lat/Long: ");
Serial.print(latitude,5);
Serial.print(", ");
Serial.println(longitude,5);
// Same goes for date and time
int year;
byte month, day, hour, minute, second, hundredths;
gps.crack_datetime(&year,&month,&day,&hour,&minute,&second,&hundredths);
// Print data and time
Serial.print("Date: "); Serial.print(month, DEC); Serial.print("/");
Serial.print(day, DEC); Serial.print("/"); Serial.print(year);
Serial.print(" Time: "); Serial.print(hour, DEC); Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(minute, DEC); Serial.print(":"); Serial.print(second, DEC);
Serial.print("."); Serial.println(hundredths, DEC);
//Since month, day, hour, minute, second, and hundr
// Here you can print the altitude and course values directly since
// there is only one value for the function
Serial.print("Altitude (meters): "); Serial.println(gps.f_altitude());
// Same goes for course
Serial.print("Course (degrees): "); Serial.println(gps.f_course());
// And same goes for speed
Serial.print("Speed(kmph): "); Serial.println(gps.f_speed_kmph());
Serial.println();
// Here you can print statistics on the sentences.
unsigned long chars;
unsigned short sentences, failed_checksum;
gps.stats(&chars, &sentences, &failed_checksum);
//Serial.print("Failed Checksums: ");Serial.print(failed_checksum);
//Serial.println(); Serial.println();
}
GPS_Simple.ino (4.76 KB)