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Flora GPS

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I am trying to use the Flora Ultimate GPS Module with an ESP32 dev board and I can't get it to work. I have just been trying to get the Hardware Serial Echo example to work, but I never get an output in the serial monitor. I have tried it with multiple different boards with the same results. I have also tried going outside for it to connect, but still no luck. Any other tips to try to get it to work or is it possible I got a faulty module?
Thanks in advance!

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Please post photos of your connections.

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Sorry I forgot to add a picture of my wiring! I am using a Lolin D32 Pro board in this picture, but I have tried it on a different ESP32 board with the same results.
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I have TX to RX and RX to TX, GND to GND, 3V from dev board to the module. The module turns on and the LED flashes, but I never get any output in the serial monitor.
I have also tried adjusting the baud rate just to see if that would do anything, but it did not.
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I'm not a fan of alligator clips used like this but as long as you're careful not to let them touch (a bit of tape around the exposed bits goes a long way to avoiding shorts) it should be good enough to test things.

The next question is your code. Can you post it?

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Thanks for the tip with the electrical tape!
This is just the Hardware Serial Echo test from the Adafruit GPS library

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#define GPSSerial Serial1


void setup() {
  // make this baud rate fast enough to we aren't waiting on it
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // wait for hardware serial to appear
  while (!Serial) delay(10);

  // 9600 baud is the default rate for the Ultimate GPS
  GPSSerial.begin(9600);
}


void loop() {
  if (Serial.available()) {
    char c = Serial.read();
    GPSSerial.write(c);
  }
  if (GPSSerial.available()) {
    char c = GPSSerial.read();
    Serial.write(c);
  }
}

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Hmm. Everything looks reasonable. The connections still make me wonder if it could be a bad connection. What other board have you tried it with? Anything other than ESP32 boards? It would be nice to ascertain whether the GPS board is working.

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I found the problem! On this line

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#define GPSSerial
the example had it defined as Serial1, and the D32 Pro only has UART0 pins accessible. So changing Serial1 to just Serial fixed my issue.
Thanks for the help, it led me in the right direction!

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Really? Serial is generally the USB "serial".

On most boards with native USB (unlike the UNO where Rx/Tx *is* the USB serial) the Rx/Tx pins are Serial1.

Anyway... yay!

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