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I expect my Picbasic compiler next week, and want to get some experience on programming PIC's.
To do that, I want to make a program to solve a irritating problem with my Koden DGPS.
I want to be able to see Course, Course to steer and Distance to target at the same time.
With my GPS I can only set it up to see 2 of them at the same time, because there are only 2 fields on the display I can set.
So while trying to keep on course I have to push buttons to change to Target distance.
I want to use a PIC to extract Target distance data from the dataout connector on the GPS and write it to a separate LED display.
So to teach myself PIC programming I will write a program doing that.
If any of you have similar problems with your GPS you might want to use same program.
If so, and you want some extra features, let me know and I will see what I can do.
The PIC will work with NMEA 183 protocol (via RS232)
This protocol is standard marine protocol and is used on most GPS systems.
So when you have a data connector on your GPS it will likely be using NMEA 183.
Keep in mind though, that I do this as training, so I do not want it to become a to large project.
So... I want to keep it simple.
Regards, Jan
To do that, I want to make a program to solve a irritating problem with my Koden DGPS.
I want to be able to see Course, Course to steer and Distance to target at the same time.
With my GPS I can only set it up to see 2 of them at the same time, because there are only 2 fields on the display I can set.
So while trying to keep on course I have to push buttons to change to Target distance.
I want to use a PIC to extract Target distance data from the dataout connector on the GPS and write it to a separate LED display.
So to teach myself PIC programming I will write a program doing that.
If any of you have similar problems with your GPS you might want to use same program.
If so, and you want some extra features, let me know and I will see what I can do.
The PIC will work with NMEA 183 protocol (via RS232)
This protocol is standard marine protocol and is used on most GPS systems.
So when you have a data connector on your GPS it will likely be using NMEA 183.
Keep in mind though, that I do this as training, so I do not want it to become a to large project.
So... I want to keep it simple.
Regards, Jan