I am interested in the Ultimate GPS Arduino Shield product 1272. I would like to use it with an Arduino Mega 2560 (or similar). I have two questions:
1) The Tech Description indicates this shield does not work with Mega; only UnoDuemilanove/Diecimila/Leonardo. However, I am seeing posts that indicate it does work with Megas, for example viewtopic.php?f=19&t=155138&p=765577&hi ... ga#p765577.
Does it in fact work with the Mega? Are there restrictions on its use there?
2) Can I log my own files to the SD card, or does that disk only do the automatic logging from the GPS chip? If so, is there a particular library that provides this functionality?
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- adafruit_support_carter
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Re: GPS Ultimate Arduino Support
The comment about the Mega probably refers to using software serial in the shield's default configuration. The approach discussed here should generally work for the Mega:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ult ... al-connect
Yes, you can log to the SD card. Think of the SD card as a separate item on the shield. There's a logging example here:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_GP ... _sdlog.ino
The basic idea is: (1) read/parse info from GPS, (2) write info to file on SD card
Here's the actual writing to the SD card:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_GP ... g.ino#L205
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ult ... al-connect
Yes, you can log to the SD card. Think of the SD card as a separate item on the shield. There's a logging example here:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_GP ... _sdlog.ino
The basic idea is: (1) read/parse info from GPS, (2) write info to file on SD card
Here's the actual writing to the SD card:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_GP ... g.ino#L205
- Brewington
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Re: GPS Ultimate Arduino Support
Excellent, just what I was hoping.
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