Using Software Serial on MKR1000

[lemilitza]

I have a sketch I made for Uno R3 and I want to try it on the MKR1000. Compiling it gives software serial error, and I've looked around for that error, seems that MKR can't use the SoftwareSerial.h

#include <TinyGPS++.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
static const int RXPin = 8, TXPin = 3;
static const uint32_t GPSBaud = 9600;
TinyGPSPlus gps;
SoftwareSerial ss(RXPin, TXPin);

This is the opening of my sketch, and in the void setup and loop I have entries such as "ss.begin(GPSBaud);" and "ss.read()" and so on.

I've found a post on github about solving this on the MKR - Arduino-Test/sercom.ino at master · guywithaview/Arduino-Test · GitHub

But I'm not that well versed in tweaking this - can someone show me how can I make this sercom.ino "hack" work on the MKR1000 in my case scenario where "ss" calls for TX and RX?

[J-M-L]

Serial is the native USB interface and you have Serial1 by default on D13, D14 (Sercom 5)

#include <TinyGPS++.h>
TinyGPSPlus gps;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial1.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  while (Serial1.available() > 0) {
    if (gps.encode(Serial1.read())) {
      // got a new sentence
    }
  }
  // other stuff    
}

(assuming you have the right voltage adaptor between your GPS and the MKR as the Serial line will accept only 3.3V as input)