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Which components for a gps localizator

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Hello everybody, first of all I'm french so please forgive my bad english and I would appreciate you to use simple words :D

Then I would like to know which components are needed in a gps localizator/tracker, and how much it will cost.

Thank you for you answers which, I hope, will be helpfull :D

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Hi !
Im in the team of Docq too, my name is Julien.

Our project is to build a pet necklace with a tracking
module sending data to its owner’s smartphone/computer. We need some help
to understand the technology we would like to use to develop the project.
What product would be the best adapted to our project ?

What's the difference between this product : http://www.adafruit.com/products/746 and this product : http://www.adafruit.com/products/1272

Do we need a simcard to get data ?
Thanks for help,
Julien

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Re: Which components for a gps localizator

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Inkonito wrote:What's the difference between this product : http://www.adafruit.com/products/746 and this product : http://www.adafruit.com/products/1272
Both boards have the same GPS module.
PID 1272 is designed to plug into an Arduino microcontroller board, It has an SD card slot and a prototyping area for adding other chips.
PID 746 is a breakout board that makes it easier to attach the module to any sort of microcontroller. It has a slot for a backup battery, but no SD card slot.

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Re: Which components for a gps localizator

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"send the data" to a phone is going to be something of a challenge. It's important to note that GPS is a one-way communication. You can only receive data from GPS. To get this location data to someone else, you will have to use something besides GPS. To get to a mobile phone, you might use bluetooth, but if you're in the range of bluetooth, it's likely you don't need GPS coordinates for the pet :-)

The most likely solution is the one you suggest towards the end of your post -- a simcard. You not only need the card, but some type of module that the simcard would go into, and then a data plan so the card can connect to the internet and post the data.

Here are some links that might be helpful:

http://www.freetronics.com/blogs/news/6 ... th-arduino
http://www.dsscircuits.com/geogram-one.html

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adafruit_support_rick wrote:
Inkonito wrote:What's the difference between this product : http://www.adafruit.com/products/746 and this product : http://www.adafruit.com/products/1272
Both boards have the same GPS module.
PID 1272 is designed to plug into an Arduino microcontroller board, It has an SD card slot and a prototyping area for adding other chips.
PID 746 is a breakout board that makes it easier to attach the module to any sort of microcontroller. It has a slot for a backup battery, but no SD card slot.
Hi ! Thanks for the help.

So, for both we need to plug the PID in a shield here http://www.adafruit.com/category/17_21 but wich one is compatible with?


& as said Tastewar, we need to plug a GSM module too ?
What is the best solution for us ? Make our own product with GPS & GSM module or buy this "Geogram ONE - Open Source Tracking Device" ?

Thanks a lot.

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Simplest thing to plug the shield into would be an Arduino Uno:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/50

There is an Arduino GSM shield:
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoGSMShield

You'll need a good-sized battery to drive all of this. It is going to be bulky and heavy. I hope these are big animals you're tracking.

I'm not familiar with the Geogram ONE.

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"You'll need a good-sized battery to drive all of this. It is going to be bulky and heavy. I hope these are big animals you're tracking."

Our goal is to track similar animals, like cat & dogs, for urbans & rurals people. Not bigs animal..
I think we are in deep sh!t...

There is'nt Arduino uno nano ? Or smallest shield?

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The GSM shield is the size of an Arduino Mega.

If you don't need real-time tracking, then you can get a lot smaller. What about an Arduino Micro, a GPS breakout, and an SD breakout? You could record the track to SD, and download the track later.

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Part of the size concern had to do with battery.

I would encourage you, if you haven't already, to read the description on the GeoGram ONE page I linked to earlier. I've never bought one, never programmed one, never used one, have no connection to the people who make it, have only lusted after one. The description sounds to me like you'd have most of your work done for you. It includes the microcontroller, GPS, and Quad Band GSM radio, and even a LiPo charging circuit. Also comes pre-loaded with tracking software (Arduino compatible, and you can modify to your liking). It's all on one circuit board which is (or at least looks) smaller than an Arduino.

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