Retrieve GPS Position

UART is a computer hardware device for asynchronous serial communication in which the data format and transmission speeds are configurable.

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Description

In this project, we use Adafruit Ultimate GPS Breakout. Its data format is pure text, so we can connect it to USB to TTL Adapter and observe the output.

Details

Ameba RTL8722DM is a low-power dual-band WLAN and Bluetooth Low Energy SoC by Realtek. The RTL8722DM also include memory for Wi-Fi protocol functions and application making it simple for anyone to develop various kind of IoT applications. At the same time it has a wide range of peripheral interfaces. With all these interfaces, it can connect to most of the electronics components like LEDs, temperature and humidity sensors, and so on.

More Resources:

If you need additional technical documents or the source code for this project. Please visit the official websites and join the Facebook group and forum.

Ameba Official Website: https://www.amebaiot.com/en/
Ameba Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amebaioten
Ameba Forum: https://forum.amebaiot.com/

Components

1 × RTL8722DM_MINI
1 × Adafruit Ultimate GPS Breakout

Build Instructions

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1

Setup

Connect up the adafruit GPS breakout to RTL8722DM_MINI.
2

Programming

Open the example in “Files” -> “Examples” -> “AmebaSoftwareSerial” -> “Adafruit_GPS_parsing”.
3

Final Results

Compile and upload to Ameba, then press the reset button.
The result will be output to Serial Monitor: