Arduino GPS shield

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Overview

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Arduino GPS shield is a GPS module breadout board designed for Global Positioning System receiver with SD interface. It is easy to use for recording the position data into SD card. 5V/3.3V compatible operation voltage level make it compatible with Arduino boards, leaf maple, IFlat32 and other arduino compatible boards.

It's based on RoyalTek REB-4216 GPS module , and the footprints is compatible with Arduino/MEGA boards. The regular GPS pins (RX, TX) can be connected to D0-D7 of Arduino.

Adding GPS to your Arduino has never been easier. Multiple GPS receivers attach easily to the shield, and with the example sketch (check below), you will be able to locate your exact position within a few meters. Here's where we are. GPS also gives you amazingly accurate time! It’s suitable for the following applications with Arduino or Arduino compatible boards :

  • Automotive navigation
  • Personal positioning
  • Fleet management
  • Marine navigation

Go shopping Arduino GPS shield (IM120417017)

Features

  • With Micro SD interface
  • Active antenna design with high receive sensitivity, compatible

normal antenna

  • Extremely fast time to first fix at low signal level
  • UART interface
  • Operation temperature: -40℃ ~ +85℃

Specifications

PCB size 55.88mm X 54.1mm X 1.6mm
Indicators PWR
Power supply compatible with Arduino
Communication Protocol UART
RoSH Yes

Electrical Characteristics

Parameter Min. Typical Max. Unit
Power voltage 4.5 5 5.5 VDC
Input voltage VH 3 5.5 V
Input voltage VL -0.3 0 0.5 V
Baud rate 9600 bps

Hardware

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Figure 1 Top Map

Arduino PIN Description
D0 Data
D1 Din
D2 -
D3 -
D4 -
D5 -
D6 -
D7 -
D8 -
D9 -
D10 CSN
D11 MOSI
D12 MISO
D13 SCK
A0 Breakout
A1 Breakout
A2 Breakout
A3 Breakout
A4 IIC_SDA
A5 IIC_SCL

Installation

When install GPS shield to Arduino, please check the operation voltage level of development board. If the voltage is 3.3V (IFLAT32,Leaf maple), set the Operation Level Setting switch to 3.3V. If the voltage is 5V(Arduino), set the Operation Level Setting switch to 5V.

Interrupt Set

The INT0 is the broke out of the external interrupt pin of GPS module, if not use, please set the jumper to OFF as the following figure. The INT1 is the broke out of the 1PPS output. When the GPS module has tracked to the GPS satellite, this pin will send a pulse per second.

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Download

Datasheet for Arduino GPS shield

Datasheet for NEO-6

Schematic for Arduino GPS shield

Demo Code for GPS logger

Software

REB 4216 Manual

Useful Links

This demo shows use of logging GPS data to an SD Card for later review.