I placed an order for a uBlock LEA-6H GPS from Hobby King some time ago only to find out it was back ordered. I got my email on a list to let me know when they came in. A few months went by and I went back to the website to find out that the GPS I was interested in was discontinued and that Hobby King did not think it important to let me know that a new version was out. In any case I place my order and then was told that the wait time would be up to 6 weeks.
But a few days ago, the device arrived from Hong Kong is a very lightly padded envelope. I was afraid it might have been damaged, but it looked in good shape. Today I plugged it in using its USB interface and got the device drivers installed. Brought up Putty to listen to the communications and could see NMEA strings flying by. And then I was shocked to see the device get a lock. This is the first GPS device ever to lock next to my computers and I have had tested high end devices. I am pretty impressed.
Next step will be to collect a bunch of data outside from my reference point and see how it looks.
Hi there, i’m trying luck here hoping that you might be able to help me with my newly-bought Venus GPS.
It is a Venus GPS with SMA Connector and an antenna GPS Embedded SMA. The link of the two is shown below:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11058
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/177
i connected them to my Arduino UNO:
-3.3v power supply to 3.3v of Venus GPS,
-Tx0 pin of Venus GPS to RX of Arduino UNO,
-GND to GND
-3.3v power supply to VBAT.
However, the red led of my Venus GPS just solid on instead of blinking and this is what i get in my serial monitor:
Lat: 0000.0000N Long: 00000.0000E.
i got my code from Simon Monk:
http://www.doctormonk.com/2012/05/sparkfun-venus-gps-and-arduino.html
i will be very thankful if you could help me.
you can contact me here or through my email : jiehao2004@hotmail.com.
thanks!
I have never used a Venus, but I think that I have read that these need a fair amount of current and that the power rail must be clean. I would search the Sparkfun forum for more information.