thinking of using a Ultimate GPS Breakout to upgrade my CF-29 toughbook gps system. has anyone ever done this? if you have what was your experience with doing the wiring and all? this is the pin out i have for using EM408, guessing it can't be much different. the only thing i'm not too sure about is what is the "enable/disable" on the Ultimate GPS pin out
EM408 gps engine------------------------------- CN(18)CF-29
1 (enable/disable)------------------------------Pin 29(RFSW#)
2 (ground)-------------------------------------pin 33,35,37(either of them)
3 (GPS Rx)-------------------------------------pin 38(Tx)
4 (GPS Tx)-------------------------------------pin 39(Rx)
5 (Vcc)----------------------------------------pin 30,31,32(either of them)
NOTE: -----------------------------------------pin 40 must be short to ground in order to show up the gps on the bios and make sure you enable or auto it.
Ultimate GPS with CF-29 toughbook
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Re: Ultimate GPS with CF-29 toughbook
According to the tutorial:
EN is the Enable pin, it is pulled high with a 10K resistor. When this pin is pulled to ground, it will turn off the GPS module. This can be handy for very low power projects where you want to easily turn the module off for long periods. You will lose your fix if you disable the GPS so keep that in mind.
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