Having connected it to my USB to TTL converter and a 3.3V source I ran up the u-blox application u-center and got the following out in the text console:
15:21:06 $GPRMC,152106.00,A,5140.74757,N,00117.62006,W,0.342,,081116,,,A*6A
15:21:06 $GPVTG,,T,,M,0.342,N,0.633,K,A*20
15:21:06 $GPGGA,152106.00,5140.74757,N,00117.62006,W,1,03,4.08,64.0,M,47.1,M,,*73
15:21:06 $GPGSA,A,2,02,06,09,,,,,,,,,,4.20,4.08,1.00*05
15:21:06 $GPGSV,1,1,03,02,40,300,33,06,64,247,36,09,84,142,33*4D
15:21:06 $GPGLL,5140.74757,N,00117.62006,W,152106.00,A,A*79
Message Name | Meaning |
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$GPRMC | Recommended Minimum data |
$GPVTG | Course over ground and Ground speed |
$GPGGA | Global positioning system fix data |
$GPGSA | GNSS DOP and Active Satellites |
$GPGSV | GNSS Satellites in View |
$GPGLL | Latitude and longitude, with time of position fix and status |
//gps serial TinyGPS gps; // rx 14, tx 12 - brown SoftwareSerial gpsSer(14,12, false, 256); loop{ ... while (gpsSer.available()){ if(gps.encode(gpsSer.read())){ long lat, lon; unsigned long fix_age, time, date, speed, course; unsigned long chars; unsigned short sentences, failed_checksum; // retrieves +/- lat/long in 100000ths of a degree gps.get_position(&lat, &lon, &fix_age); // time in hhmmsscc, date in ddmmyy gps.get_datetime(&date, &time, &fix_age); // returns speed in 100ths of a knot speed = gps.speed(); // course in 100ths of a degree course = gps.course(); Serial.print("Latitude:"); Serial.print( lat); Serial.print(" Longitude:"); Serial.println( lon); break; } } ... }