Adafruit - Ultimate GPS

[dmh]

Hi,

I was reading the description of the Ultimate GPS and then tried to access the tutorial by clicking on the blue area, as seen below, and there was nothing at that tutorial except the message 404 Document not found. z0mg!
What you want ain't available. Maybe try the search box in the upper right hand corner?

Get started in a jiffy: wire up 3-5VDC to the VIN pin, GND is common ground, and listen on the TX pin for 9600 baud data. Then run our example sketch which will allow you to quickly set the update rate and select which NMEA sentences you want to have spit out. We also have a nice fancy library for GPS usage, with background parsing and can set and query the built in GPS logging capability (called LOCUS). A full tutorial is also available, which has tons of information about the module, how to use the data logger and more

When the description text says 'wire up 3-5VDC' I'm guessing that I can choose either the 3v or 5v pin on the Arduino and connect the other end to VIN. Connect TX on the GPS to pin 1 on the Arduino and gps GRND to Arduino GRND. Does this about sum it up?

Any hints or clues are appreciated
Cheers
Mike

[hou]

dmh,

Check out this other thread on the Ultimate GPS MTK3339 -- it has link to the Adafruit tutorial that you're searching for, some advice on how to connect Breakout to Arduino, and newbie mistakes that I made that you can try not to repeat as you start up:

http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28083 "The Newish Gps Mtk 3339 not find location ( put N,W ) data over 20 miles away".

I've had the MTK3339 running from either 3.3V or 5V power on my Arduino -- I stuck with 3.3V just to be safe, but you're right product description implies either is OK with this breakout board.

[adafruit_support_bill]

z0mg!
What you want ain't available.

Thanks for the tip - we'll get right on it.

I'm guessing that I can choose either the 3v or 5v pin on the Arduino and connect the other end to VIN.

Yes. There is a low-dropout 3.3v regulator on board, so you can power it with 3.3-5v.

Tx/Rx wiring depends on which part of the tutorial you are doing. Here is the link:
http://ladyada.net/products/ultimategps/

[kgdowling]

I have a module that needs this sort of breakout. Can I buy the breakout without the GPS module? If not, is there a compatible breakout?

Thanks

[adafruit]

we only have the GPS module itself and the fully assembled breakout available.