PROJECT 15GPS Tracking Device
THIS PROJECT COMBINES an 8-bit microcontroller along with a GPS module to create a simple tracking device that can record and play back location data to a mapping program like Google Maps or Google Earth. This project demonstrates the basic method of serial communication between the GPS module and microcontroller, as well as how to decode the data stream being sent from the GPS module. To make this project easy to follow, the source code and hardware are both made to be as minimal as possible, leaving a lot of room to build a much more powerful tracking system.
GPS is short for “Global Positioning System.” As the name implies, it is a globally available positioning and time system that uses a radio fix on multiple ...
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