GPS remote readings
Jim Richey
Posts: 82
I have an idea that seems feasible,but maybe you guys know better.
Would it be practical to feed GPS data into a legal,short range transmitter?The receiver end would feed the data into a PC through a USB connection.I've seen handheld [noparse][[/noparse]GMRS?] radios that have a 2 mile range and don't cost much.But..before attaching wires to the stuff,I could use some ideas about interfacing.
I would like to install this on my track drive crawler,which has a several mile range[noparse][[/noparse]less the R/C limitations].
Thanks,Jim Richey
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Thanks, Parallax!
Would it be practical to feed GPS data into a legal,short range transmitter?The receiver end would feed the data into a PC through a USB connection.I've seen handheld [noparse][[/noparse]GMRS?] radios that have a 2 mile range and don't cost much.But..before attaching wires to the stuff,I could use some ideas about interfacing.
I would like to install this on my track drive crawler,which has a several mile range[noparse][[/noparse]less the R/C limitations].
Thanks,Jim Richey
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Thanks, Parallax!
Comments
No problem doing what you want to do. The data string output by the GPS is very "serial friendly" so you can feed it into a set of RF dataradios. I've used MAXSTREAMS ( documented legal in Canada and US ) and Surelinks ( built to legal standard ) with good success.
Maxstreams come in several varieties and I've tested some Stamp projects at 15 km. The Surelinks ( from Parallax) are easy to work with and I got 1 km without too much trouble.
Regards
Tom
That's very encouraging news for me to hear.I'll check out both sources and hopefully learn some new stuff.
Jim
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Thanks, Parallax!