A while back, I posted to the Arduino Forums about the trouble I was having getting actual data from the GPS to the Arduino. If you scroll down a couple of entries, you’ll see that I was getting a ton of gibberish.
The response from the Forum was that the RS232 output was not only [...]
Entries from December 2008
Well, that looks better
December 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Makin’ connections
December 29th, 2008 · No Comments
The GPS to computer serial cable that I originally purchased for my eTrex was about six feet long. For this project, I wanted a much shorter cable, so I didn’t have to coil up a load of cable and try to find space for it on the cross bars of the motorcycle handle bars. I [...]
Gibberish
December 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
That’s what I’m getting so far when I hook up my eTrex to the Arduino. An example is shown below:
Rather disappointing considering that when hooked up to my computer and running Hyperterminal, notorious for sucking, it works perfectly, outputting nicely readable lines. Grrrrr. Ah well. I’ll figure it out. And if not, integrated GPS units [...]
Speedy Delivery
December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
The new Arduino board I ordered on the day before Thanksgiving arrived today. Talk about quick service. Not a lot to post, since all I’ve done is unpack and load a basic test program. When I ordered the Arduino Duemilanove I also purchased the USB breakout board for the Arduino Pro. Below is a picture [...]
Connections
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
A little poking around online and then fidgeting with a multimeter and the Garmin connection cable provided the following information on the cable pinouts:
On my cable the fourth pin, Power, did not correspond to any of the serial connector pins. That’s fine, and probably to be expected. I had no plans to use it for [...]