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I want to make a drone project, and to that I will use arduino as the platform. My plane is to use a Play Station controller to control the Drone in the air. In addition to that I want to connect a GPS-module. My question goes, is it possible to transmit the longitude and latitude from the GPS via the RF 433MHz to the receiver? When received the longitude and latitude how can I transmit them further to the Smartphone and display the data on google maps? I suggest it could be possible through the Xbee, but I am not sure.

I would like if someone can confirm my idea, if not bring me a better way to do that.

In the image below, you can see the diagram of my design.

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    Welcome AdiT! I've seen you posted the same question at EE.SE. I would like to let you know that cross-posting across SE sites is not generally a good idea. See this post for more details.
    – Ricardo
    Apr 30, 2014 at 12:05
  • @Ricardo Okay I'm sorry, I didn't know it :)
    – AdiT
    Apr 30, 2014 at 12:35
  • That's ok. It's just a minor sin :D I just really wanted to let you know. Let's just wait for some answers.
    – Ricardo
    Apr 30, 2014 at 12:41

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Your design suffers several redundancies that should be fixed. First of all, you have an Xbee (only one, not a pair) and a a 433 MHz transmitter/receiver combo. Why not just add another Xbee to the drone and remove the RF combo? That would save a little battery life for the receiver end, and a lot of your time. You'll also get two way communication with error checking. Although an Xbee would increase your project size a little, if you manually wired the Xbee instead of a shield (3.3V), it would save a lot of space.

As some people point out, Bluetooth is a viable option that's fairly small and low cost. However, it would suffer shorter ranges and it would need a special configuration on the host side for a BT stack.

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  • I want to use RF because of I want a longer range. Therefore I'm not using WiFi. I don't understand what do you mean with this "if you manually wired it (3.3V)"? What should I manually wired?
    – AdiT
    May 1, 2014 at 7:13
  • @AdiT Edited post a bit. I meant manually wiring the Xbee module as opposed to a shield to save space/reduce weight. By the way, Xbee is RF. You can get several different distance ranges of Xbee to suit your needs.
    – Anonymous Penguin
    May 1, 2014 at 20:45
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If you are using Xbee modules in your project, why add 433MHz RF, just for the sole purpose of transmitting the location? With the 433Mhz, you will have to implement error-correction yourself.

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  • You have a point. How else is it possible to transmit the data to smartphone?
    – AdiT
    Apr 30, 2014 at 10:07
  • @AdiT bluetooth for one
    – ratchet freak
    Apr 30, 2014 at 11:12

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