US-100 ultrasonic sensor cannot work with Beitian BN-880 GPS module

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I'm working on Arduino Uno.
I combine GPS module with ultrasonic sensor.
I use Beitian BN-880 as the GPS, and US-100 Ultrasonic sensor.
Inside the attachement below is the code.

#include <TinyGPS++.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#define echo 2
#define trigger 9
const int RXPin = 6, TXPin = 5;
const uint32_t GPSBaud = 9600;
int Data_US=0;
TinyGPSPlus gps;
SoftwareSerial ss(RXPin,TXPin);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  delay(500);
  ss.begin(9600);
  delay(1000);
  pinMode(echo, INPUT);
  pinMode(trigger, OUTPUT);
  delay(1000);
}

void loop() {
  show_distance();
  delay(1000);
}

void show_distance(){
  digitalWrite(trigger, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  digitalWrite(trigger, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(5);
  digitalWrite(trigger, LOW);
  Data_US = 0;
  while (digitalRead(echo) == LOW){}
  while (digitalRead(echo) == HIGH){
    Data_US++;
    if (Data_US > 1000)
      break;
  }
  Serial.println(Data_US/10);
  delay(10);
}

The ultrasonic sensor somehow results incorrect distance value when combined with GPS module.
If i remove the line below in the setup function,
ss.begin(9600);
the ultrasonic sensor results correct distance value.

I have assumptions that the current of the electricity is not enough to power up the ultrasonic sensor as I use the power from my laptop, but I haven't found any logical proof/documentation about this. Or there is another trouble inside the micro controller that causes conflicts between SoftwareSerial used in GPS and pinMode.

Is there any solution for this problem?

testing_compass_gps.ino (817 Bytes)

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I don't know anything about either libraries or either component you are using,
I am guessing that the two libraries interact with each other.

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