[aprssig] GPS GT-320FW(AS)
Andrew Rich
vk4tec at tech-software.net
Wed Apr 24 19:14:59 EDT 2013
What it is I am trying to make is
1. GPS
2. PIC MCU
3. EasyRadio 434 TX 19k2 100 mW
APRS packets
- Andrew -
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at tapr.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] GPS GT-320FW(AS)
> Scott,
>
> Thank you
>
> So the GPS-320 is LVTTL as opposed to TTL
>
> In saying TTL I have found some garmins faking RS232 by using TTL
>
> I have had various GPS
>
> 1. RS232
> 2. TTL - UART and PC compatible
> 3. LVTTL
>
> Maybe I can use the GPS-320 RS232 and add a FET ? like you do
>
> A FET is going to be less work than a MAX232 chip LOL
>
> Making a tracker for my quad copter
>
> - Andrew -
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Miller" <scott at opentrac.org>
> To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at tapr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] GPS GT-320FW(AS)
>
>
>>I haven't been following this thread closely, so forgive me if this has
>>been covered. The GT-320FW has both RS-232 and LVTTL outputs and inputs.
>>To answer Andrew's original question, it'll work just fine with a UART,
>>USART, SCI, or whatever your vendor calls their asynchronous serial
>>interface, as long as it's OK with one of those available signals.
>>
>> If you've got a 5v MCU, you'll need to check the threshold voltage for
>> the I/O pins and make sure it'll work with an LVTTL input. The 5v
>> Freescale MCUs I use mostly don't. Easy fix is a 2N7000 FET, with the
>> RS-232 output from the GPS connected to the gate, and a pull-up resistor
>> to Vcc connected to the drain. Source is connected to ground. The
>> signal at the drain pin will be of the proper polarity and voltage for
>> the MCU's USART.
>>
>> Scott
>> N1VG
>>
>> On 4/23/2013 7:03 AM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Dave B <dave at g8kbv.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Come on guys, this isn't rocket scienct....
>>>>
>>>> Has everyone forgotten how to think through an issue, or search online?
>>>
>>> C'mon Dave, we're just speculating in the absence of information. One
>>> the one hand, we've got a rather inadequate datasheet from the GPS
>>> manufacturer, and on the other we don't even know what Andrew is
>>> interfacing with.
>>>
>>> As to your "google", the only really useful information will come from
>>> the datasheets of the devices in question; everything else is
>>> guessing. And as I tell my daughter, any idiot can put up a web page,
>>> and many do. I've even got one. :)
>>>
>>>> You can use just one NPN transistor (and some passives) for the
>>>> incoming '232 to TTL, and similarly, one PNP device (and a -ve rail)
>>>> for
>>>> the outgoing "driver".
>>>
>>> I personally despise this transistor trick. I find it frequently
>>> unreliable, especially if you're connecting two devices that both use
>>> the trick. Using a MAX232 (or equivalent) is not that hard or
>>> expensive, and it always works. I've fabricated some little PCBs that
>>> have a DB9 on one end and TTL level tx/rx/vcc/gnd on the other end,
>>> and have them lying around for this sort of project. They're a few $
>>> each but can save time and a ton of frustration.
>>>
>>> Besides that, transistors aren't usually rated for exposure to the
>>> outside world; I killed a couple 2N7000 transistors on OpenTrackers
>>> before Scott switched to a special 2n7000 with some ESD protection
>>> built in. The MAX232 type devices include ESD protection since it is
>>> designed to interface to the outside world.
>>>
>>>> Next question, who remembers what U A R T actually stands for?
>>>
>>> *yawn* universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
>>>
>>>
>>> As to the previous "USART" question, at least on some ATmega
>>> microcontrollers they have a chunk of logic for communications that
>>> may be used for UART, SPI, etc, depending on how it's configured.
>>> IIRC, one of the Xmega lines have multiple USARTs that can be used for
>>> either RS232 type or SPI (and maybe other types) communication.
>>>
>>> -Jason
>>> kg4wsv
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