Enable GPS on GPS Shield

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jvoe
 
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Enable GPS on GPS Shield

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Hello,

The GPS Ultimate breakout (ID:746) has a nice enable pin to lower power consumption when GPS is not needed. I can't seem to find it on the GPS Shield (ID:1272). I assume that means that feature is not available on the shield?

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Re: Enable GPS on GPS Shield

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There is no EN enable pin for the shield.

However, the library provides some low power mode options. You can experiment with:

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GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_STANDBY);

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GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_AWAKE);
which should get you down to 2mA on the GPS draw.

more here:
viewtopic.php?f=31&p=256775

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Re: Enable GPS on GPS Shield

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Thanks! I'll have a look at that.

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