petehowell
Well Known Member
Need to know where you are in life? Need to know where you are going? Need a project to keep you from finishing your taxes? Worried you have lost your edge in geek cred?
Here you go. A really small GPS, a really small price, and some serious performance.
Swiss GPS, so you know it is precise........ Blue LED means "cool"
Need to make a nice housing? I suggest the cap of a lavender bleach bottle - goes with any tasteful interior scheme. Clear heat shrink completes the look. 5V pos, Ground, and serial out lines. Circle cut from autozone rewards card and some silly-cone seals the unit. This thing screams "class".
Performance? Thanks for asking... I programmed it for 5Hz updates and a 19200 baud data transfer rate - not bad at all. Gets a 3D sat lock in seconds. WAAS, SBAS? Check and check. Here is the "command center" software with Google Earth plug-in.
Blue and red LEDs flashing thru purple plastic adds serious "bling" to your glareshield.....
Meets the performance requirements set forth in the referenced TSOs???
Who knows - I'm having fun playing with it and it really seems to know its position in this world.
Here you go. A really small GPS, a really small price, and some serious performance.
Swiss GPS, so you know it is precise........ Blue LED means "cool"
![IMG_20150401_233829.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-9lPbgvnouR8%2FVRzJMvXDQBI%2FAAAAAAAAbz0%2FKVkyZYn4GNY%2Fs800%2FIMG_20150401_233829.jpg&hash=22d520c7e45cd6f7294a29bfc69ce576)
Need to make a nice housing? I suggest the cap of a lavender bleach bottle - goes with any tasteful interior scheme. Clear heat shrink completes the look. 5V pos, Ground, and serial out lines. Circle cut from autozone rewards card and some silly-cone seals the unit. This thing screams "class".
![IMG_20150327_212853.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-xYneSfvWo-s%2FVRzJNULezFI%2FAAAAAAAAbz0%2F8Zqg_wap0W0%2Fs800%2FIMG_20150327_212853.jpg&hash=7a01f54d3fcc2d84e3bbec2f66efbd43)
Performance? Thanks for asking... I programmed it for 5Hz updates and a 19200 baud data transfer rate - not bad at all. Gets a 3D sat lock in seconds. WAAS, SBAS? Check and check. Here is the "command center" software with Google Earth plug-in.
![u-blox.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-Tq4BaJ75Zxg%2FVRzJOJbRhuI%2FAAAAAAAAbz0%2FRnNTkw_eue8%2Fs800%2Fu-blox.jpg&hash=24e2fc20ed060a7426ee6eb8d3d46767)
Blue and red LEDs flashing thru purple plastic adds serious "bling" to your glareshield.....
![IMG_20150401_213615.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-z6JxYbH4oBk%2FVRzJO8i8lxI%2FAAAAAAAAbz0%2Fp6C5dDup8Qw%2Fs800%2FIMG_20150401_213615.jpg&hash=a2d85a66c412245fe2f5e8d20666a327)
Meets the performance requirements set forth in the referenced TSOs???
Who knows - I'm having fun playing with it and it really seems to know its position in this world.