SX/B - GPS Time & Date Display

Mike Cook

I'm working on a project to control my pool pumps like the www.tightwatt.com timers do. These work great and are X10 compatible, however I wanted something I could tinker with! So this winter while these are controlling my pumps I'm working on a new pump controller project.

Part of the new controller will need a clock, I was going to use a DS1307, but did not want to 'Bloat' the controller code with a setup routine for the DS1307 chip. Since power consumption is not an issue at the moment, I decided to use the next best thing. A clock that sets it's self with no user interaction, a GPS receiver.

The attached code is a small program to display time from the www.allsurplus.net/Axiom GPS Receiver Module. Took parts of the program, listed here:

http://www.parallax.com/dl/src/prod/GISGPS.SXB

and modified for use in this program. Thought I would post this for anyone that might be interested.



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Mike

Rsadeika

The project sounds pretty cool, is the GPS device going to be located outside or inside the house? If inside, what kind of reception problems will you have. The reason I am asking is I am still looking for a good, low priced GPS unit for my robot project. Some of the GPS units that I have seen, recomend outdoors use only, probably due to reception problems. Out of curiosity is their any SX/B code to use the unit as a GPS navigation device for a robot.

Ray

Mike Cook

Since the pumps are outside that's where the controller will live, probably in a NEMA·enclosure. As for the GPS antenna that will be mounted on the enclosure,· so it can have a good view of the sky.





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Post Edited (Mike Cook) : 9/18/2006 12:11:27 AM GMT