Which products needed for this project? (English / German)

Hello,

I would like to implement the following idea.

When pushing a pressure sensor my current local coordinates should be determined and logged.

By the way I would like to mention that I got to know Arduino several days ago. I have never worked with any kind of microcontrollers. But I have bought the German book "Arduino
Physical Computing für Bastler, Designer & Geeks".

  1. Is the above mentioned project realizable by usage of Arduino?

  2. Which product am I supposed to buy for this project?

  • Microcontroller - Is the Arduino Uno suitable for this project?
  • Pressure sensor - Which pressure sensor is compatible to Arduino Uno?
  • GPS

Could you post links to products you mention?


Hallo,

ich möche Folgendes bauen.

Wenn man auf einen Drucksensor drückt, sollen meine aktuellen Ortskoordinaten bestimmt und geloggt werden.

Ich möchte noch erwähnen, dass ich vor einigen Tagen Arduino kennengelernt habe. Ich habe mich vorher aber auch nicht mit Mikrocontrollern beschäftigt. Ich habe mir das Buch "Arduino
Physical Computing für Bastler, Designer & Geeks" angeschafft.

  1. Ist das Projekt überhaupt mit Arduino realisierbar?

  2. Welche Produkte benötige ich hierfür?

  • Microcontroller - Kann für das oben genannte Projekt ein Arduino Uno benutzt werden?
  • Drucksensor - Welcher Drucksensor ist mit Arduino Uno kompatibel?
  • GPS

Könntet ihr mir darüber hinaus Links zu den einzelnen Produkten posten?

An arduino can certainly support those two items. However you need to exlain better the

"When pushing a pressure sensor my current local coordinates should be determined and logged."

One pushes on a manual push button switch. A pressure sensor is used to measure a range of pressures, either as a absolute pressure or pressure relative to ambient pressure.

So can you explain the pressure part better?

Lefty

For GPS there are various GPS units available that send serial data in NMEA format regularly - to use these you need to parse the NMEA sentences to get the position information and then log it in whatever format you require.

NMEA format: http://aprs.gids.nl/nmea/

retrolefty:
An arduino can certainly support those two items. However you need to exlain better the

"When pushing a pressure sensor my current local coordinates should be determined and logged."

One pushes on a manual push button switch. A pressure sensor is used to measure a range of pressures, either as a absolute pressure or pressure relative to ambient pressure.

So can you explain the pressure part better?

Lefty

Hi,

I referred to a pressure sensor that is combined with a button that needs to be pushed by a person.

Is this compatible with Arduino Uno?

MarkT:
For GPS there are various GPS units available that send serial data in NMEA format regularly - to use these you need to parse the NMEA sentences to get the position information and then log it in whatever format you require.

NMEA format: GPS - NMEA sentence information

Could you post some links to several GPS units that are compatible to Arduino Uno?

How is this?

http://www.parallax.com/Store/Sensors/CompassGPS/tabid/173/CategoryID/48/List/0/Level/a/ProductID/644/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2CProductName
Do I need an antenna for this?