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myGPS
A DIY project – Portable and Astronomy GPS based on Arduino Nano
Author Robert Brown
Date 25/Aug/2016
Email brown_rb@yahoo.com
© Robert Brown 2016-2019. All rights reserved
v007 (23-April-2019)
CONTRIBUTIONS
If you wish to make a small contribution in thanks for this project, please use PayPal and send the amount
to user rbb1brown@gmail.com (Robert Brown). All contributions are gratefully accepted.
Table of Contents
myGPS ................................................................................................................................................................ 1
A DIY project – Portable and Astronomy GPS based on Arduino Nano ........................................................ 1
DISCLAIMER ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
RELEASE ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
myGPS SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 3
myGPS PURCHASE LIST ...................................................................................................................................... 4
myGPS PCB PURCHASE ...................................................................................................................................... 4
POWERING THE NANO ...................................................................................................................................... 4
myGPS OPERATION ........................................................................................................................................... 5
UPLOADING THE myGPS ARDUINO CODE TO THE NANO ................................................................................. 5
ON-OFF POWER SWITCH ................................................................................................................................... 5
NEO-6M GPS MODULE ...................................................................................................................................... 5
OLED 0.96” I2C DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................... 6
PROJECT ENCLOSURE ........................................................................................................................................ 7
myGPS PROTOTYPE BUILD PICTURES ................................................................................................................ 7
BUILD OPTIONS.................................................................................................................................................. 8
FRITZING PCB RECOMMENDED ..................................................................................................................... 8
FRITZING SCHEMATIC .................................................................................................................................... 8
FRITZING PCB ................................................................................................................................................. 8
STRIPBOARD SCHEMATIC OLED 0.96” I2C ..................................................................................................... 9
STRIPBOARD LAYOUT OLED 0.96” I2C ........................................................................................................... 9
A NOTE ABOUT THE SERIAL INTERFACE .......................................................................................................... 10
LIBRARIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
TESTING THE myGPS CONTROLLER ................................................................................................................. 10
PG VIEWER ....................................................................................................................................................... 11