All,
I am fairly new to the world of Arduino and code as I am studying to become a Mechanical Engineer.
A few of my colleagues and I have decided to use a UAV as a carrier, in order to insert a probe into a tornado and record different atmospheric properties within the tornado. We are using the Arduino Pro Mini 5V as our platform, and have most of our sensors up and running.
Now we are onto the GPS. We are using a GP-635T from Sparkfun, and are receiving very accurate position points. However, in order to recover the probe after the intercept we need to be able to receive real time GPS data.
We have researched this topic and discovered a couple of different popular ways to do this such as: GSM modem or RF transmitter/receiver combo.
We are looking for the most straight forward ways, and perhaps other methods that we are not aware of.
Is there any way to transmit the data to a Garmin, or other handheld device such as a smart phone?
Thanks in advance!