GPS project

kinsb

Hello, hopefully somebody can help me here

Im thinking of starting a project now using GPS technology. The aim is to have a GPS chip that will interface with an ARM board to be used while out running. I want it to record distance travelled and time taken and send the information back onto my webpage. Once I get the basics of it I'll come up with different ways of building the project up, but for the minute I just need an idea of which chip to use and where to buy it. Im hoping for a fairly cheap solution. It doesn't need to be extremely accurate...

I don't really know anything about GPS right now, so if anybody can help it would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Brian

robinph

Might be a bit easier to just get a Garmin Forerunner 305 then you get a heart rate monitor as well.

bushy...

Maybe you could write an app for a phone with gps, they will tell you distance travelled , so all you have to so is persuade it to up it to the server

kinsb

ya, I've seen them alright. I need to make something for a final year project, and if i can make something similar to that, without the heart monitor i'll be happy! I just don't know where to start. Just wondering if anybody here knows...

Gregor Samsa

A lot of GPS manufacturers (TomTom, Garmin etc) use chips made by SiRF:

http://www.sirf.com/

however the TomTom One uses a chip made by Global Locate.

http://www.globallocate.com/

Garmin Forerunner 305 (mentioned below) uses a SiRF starIII chip

http://www.sirf.com/products/gps_chip.html

Above all that, I haven't a clue which chip would suit your application best, or where to get one (or how much they cost), but the above links might give you a start. Good luck!

bushy...

Few more links that might give you a lead,
Human tracking :
http://www.gpsw.co.uk/cats/cl3_74.html

APRS ( have seen this its simple and cute)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Position_Reporting_System

http://n1vg.net/opentracker/

robinph

MAX2740

kinsb

okay, i'll have a look at the sites now

thanks for the help!