Ok age is 73 and mind is decellerating, but I am really getting into Arduino. I started with the idea of building an autopilot for my boat. I got a bunch of kits, boards, shields, etc etc and jumped in. Once beyond the basics of Blinky, Hello World etc I began with a gps, I now have 4 of them (shields) and can get none to print out position etc on serial monitor.
I am almost embarrassed to admit I am a retired electronics tech with over 50 years in the trade. One of my problems is the language of error messages in the IDE while verifying. There are 2 schools of thought in these forums, one is to talk down to real noobies the other is tech talk way over my head in verbiage and terminologies no one else has ever used. A glossary of unique Arduino terms and/or a dictionary would definitely be a best seller.
I have spent almost as much on books as I have on components. None of them are very helpful.
WE need a good desk top reference like a Arduino Thesaurus...
Jim Prentice, Brandon, Manitoba Canada--------Frustrated but determined!!!
I am losing my hair???? HELP!!!!
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Yes,the error messages from the GCC compiler are cryptic at times. If you post the code and the error message, we can try to help puzzle through it.
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Surely not in these forums. Some people have not been as polite as we would like but if they don't reform they are "asked" to leave. As Bill says post your code and the errors and we should be able to help.There are 2 schools of thought in these forums, one is to talk down to real noobies the other is tech talk way over my head in verbiage and terminologies no one else has ever used.
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I found it!!!!!
after weeks I find the gps shield cannot be plugged in on top of the uno board. By connecting with 3 jumpers for power ground and data it runs. Now if I can figure out how to program the pins to use on the uno and the gps I should be able to piggy back them????
Thanks for the help folks, I will no doubt be back for more
after weeks I find the gps shield cannot be plugged in on top of the uno board. By connecting with 3 jumpers for power ground and data it runs. Now if I can figure out how to program the pins to use on the uno and the gps I should be able to piggy back them????
Thanks for the help folks, I will no doubt be back for more
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Glad you got it working. What do you mean by
? Shields are designed to be stacked on top of the processor boards so I would be surprised it would not work.I find the gps shield cannot be plugged in on top of the uno board.
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??? I don't know why, the gps lights up and flashes but will not pass data to uno. I jumper + - and tx to rx and voila away it went, perhaps this is a clone??? I am trying to figure out the way to assign pin values to the Uno to replace the jumpers, should be simple enuff?? Anyway I get parsed data and lat long etc on serial monitor for the first time... a light in the tunnel??
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If you find the pins it is sending data on you can use software serial. Could you post a picture of the shield?
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I have a pic but forum will not accept .bmp -- what format works??? no info on site for this
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jpeg and png work The file needs to be less than 1 meg, 800x600 works well.
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trying a pic again
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I have been able to get the adafruit gps/sd shield to stack on my uno, it uses the software serial an if I remember correctly there is a line that must be commented out and another uncommented for the uno. If its a software serial you should be able to change the tx and rx pins in the code. I will try and find it in the example file.
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wpold appreciate that
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