Extremely inexpensive gps modules

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Tue Jul 10 18:42:30 UTC 2018


Yo Paul!

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:23:25 -0700
Paul Theodoropoulos <paul at anastrophe.com> wrote:

> > It only speaks basic NMEA.  Does not have GALILEO support, and the
> > signal sensitivity is only fair.  For two or three dollars more get
> > a u-blox NEO-M8N which works better.  
> 
> Thanks Gary. I'm having a hard time finding any neo-m8n boards that 
> actually have the PPS wired up - tons of them meant for drones, so no 
> PPS. Plenty of neo-6m and neo-7m units with PPS though. I have seen
> some writeups where folks wire up the pin by hand, but I'm not so
> sure I'd be steady enough to do that sort of small-scale soldering.


It takes some patience to find them.  The PPS rarely mentioned in the
product description.  I scan the images for a 5 pin connector.  The best
deals are fleeting.

$20:

https://smile.amazon.com/Gowoops-Ceramic-Passive-Antenna-Raspberry/dp/B01AW5QYES

I have one of these that I like, I did not pay $30:

https://smile.amazon.com/Icstation-NEO-M8N-GPS-Module-Antenna/dp/B0748HKDS6

If you are willing to wait for shipping from China, $12:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-postage-UBLOX-GNSS-RS232-output-protocol-GPS-GLONASS-dual-mode-positioning-module-antenna-gmouse-switchable/32794796397.html




RGDS
GARY
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