RS232 telematic project with xbee & gps

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Hi everyone, :smiley:

I'm new with Arduino and I want to carry out a telematic project that would log & store on an SD card a

  • gps position (GPS bee ?)
  • vehicle data sent via RS232 (telemetry port)
  • RTC clock

And then a few times a day... the SD card data will be sent through an xbee mesh to a server.

Well... it is at least what I want but I'm sure if I'm being realistic or not... :cold_sweat:

I would really appreciate if you could give me advices on how to carry out this project with which hardware (uno + shield, mega, adafruit, seeduino... ???)
My skills are limited (average C++/ programming & basic electronic knowledge) but I will learn. I just want to make sure that I choose the right way & solution to proceed.

Thanks a lot !

Romain

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Hi, and welcome

At this early stage I don't think it matters terribly what you select. If you can physically use an Arduino Uno they have the widest variety of shield choices. In your first project you'd probably use shields as that will keep the hardware complexity to a minimum and there are typically well written software libraries that will assist you to keep your code simple too.

Just break the project down into bite-sized chunks, and start chipping away at it. The libraries and shields will come with examples of how to use them, and often online tutorials to show you how too.

All the best!
Geoff