Seeeduino and GPS Module

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Hi all,

I'm still very green and new to all this - in fact nearly everything about electronics - I can wire a plug, and understand what diodes and resistors are but after that, I'm pretty much lost.

I've just bitten the bullet and bought the Seeeduino catalyst pack and am wondering if this:

Would be compatible with it?

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oops,

I meant, this:

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Yes, you should be able to connect that GPS receiver to an Arduino. You may need to use the SoftSerial library.

4

Fantastic!

So the Seeeduino is an Arduino? The different names are starting to confuse me now!

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So the Seeeduino is an Arduino?

It's an Arduino clone. There are lots of them. The only official Arduinos have the word Arduino followed by a type. Other boards might sound like the end bit of arduino indicating they are a clone or copy which is permitted under the open source agreement.

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Thank you. I thought that might be the case.

You gotta love open source! :wink: