The GPS tinkerer's best friend-a TTL/USB converter

Using Arduino Networking, Protocols, and Devices
#1

If you want to tinker with GPS and you buy one of these:

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then get one of these too:

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. connect the TTL/USB converter to the GPS receiver module
. plug the converter into a USB port on your computer

and the GPS receiver's output can be immediately viewed on the Arduino IDE monitor:

$GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N53
$GPVTG,,,,,,,,,N30
$GPGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,48
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.9930
$GPGSV,1,1,0079
$GPGLL,,,,,,V,N64

So easy, so informative. It's the place to start learning about GPS.

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#2

Seriously? ::slight_smile:

#3

Even more amazingly, if you have an Arduino, you don't need the USB-TTL converter!

I know, it is difficult to believe, but true nonetheless.

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