I'm using an arduino uno r3 with a gps shield duinopeak.
The shield is configured using RX pin 3 and Tx pin 2, as image below:
I'm using the TinyGPSPlus library to read NMEA data. This is my code:
/******************************************************************************
This example uses SoftwareSerial to communicate with the GPS module on
pins 8 and 9, then communicates over SPI to log that data to a uSD card.
It uses the TinyGPS++ library to parse the NMEA strings sent by the GPS module,
and prints interesting GPS information - comma separated - to a newly created
file on the SD card.
Resources:
TinyGPS++ Library - https://github.com/mikalhart/TinyGPSPlus/releases
SD Library (Built-in)
SoftwareSerial Library (Built-in)
Development/hardware environment specifics:
Arduino IDE 1.6.7
GPS Logger Shield v2.0 - Make sure the UART switch is set to SW-UART
Arduino Uno, RedBoard, Pro, Mega, etc.
******************************************************************************/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <TinyGPS++.h>
#define ARDUINO_USD_CS 8 // uSD card CS pin (pin 8 on Duinopeak GPS Logger Shield)
/////////////////////////
// Log File Defintions //
/////////////////////////
// Keep in mind, the SD library has max file name lengths of 8.3 - 8 char prefix,
// and a 3 char suffix.
// Our log files are called "gpslogXX.csv, so "gpslog99.csv" is our max file.
#define LOG_FILE_PREFIX "gpslog" // Name of the log file.
#define MAX_LOG_FILES 100 // Number of log files that can be made
#define LOG_FILE_SUFFIX "csv" // Suffix of the log file
char logFileName[13]; // Char string to store the log file name
// Data to be logged:
#define LOG_COLUMN_COUNT 8
char * log_col_names[LOG_COLUMN_COUNT] = {
"longitude", "latitude", "altitude", "speed", "course", "date", "time", "satellites"
}; // log_col_names is printed at the top of the file.
//////////////////////
// Log Rate Control //
//////////////////////
#define LOG_RATE 5000 // Log every 5 seconds
unsigned long lastLog = 0; // Global var to keep of last time we logged
/////////////////////////
// TinyGPS Definitions //
/////////////////////////
TinyGPSPlus tinyGPS; // tinyGPSPlus object to be used throughout
#define GPS_BAUD 9600 // GPS module's default baud rate
////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Arduino GPS Shield Serial Port Definitions //
////////////////////////////////////////////////
// If you're using an Arduino Uno, Mega, RedBoard, or any board that uses the
// 0/1 UART for programming/Serial monitor-ing, use SoftwareSerial:
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#define ARDUINO_GPS_RX 3 // GPS TX, Arduino RX pin
#define ARDUINO_GPS_TX 2 // GPS RX, Arduino TX pin
SoftwareSerial ssGPS(ARDUINO_GPS_TX, ARDUINO_GPS_RX); // Create a SoftwareSerial
// Set gpsPort to either ssGPS if using SoftwareSerial or Serial1 if using an
// Arduino with a dedicated hardware serial port
#define gpsPort ssGPS // Alternatively, use Serial1 on the Leonardo
// Define the serial monitor port. On the Uno, Mega, and Leonardo this is 'Serial'
// on other boards this may be 'SerialUSB'
#define SerialMonitor Serial
void setup()
{
SerialMonitor.begin(9600);
gpsPort.begin(GPS_BAUD);
SerialMonitor.println("Setting up SD card.");
// see if the card is present and can be initialized:
if (!SD.begin(ARDUINO_USD_CS))
{
SerialMonitor.println("Error initializing SD card.");
}
updateFileName(); // Each time we start, create a new file, increment the number
printHeader(); // Print a header at the top of the new file
}
void loop()
{
if ((lastLog + LOG_RATE) <= millis())
{ // If it's been LOG_RATE milliseconds since the last log:
if (tinyGPS.location.isUpdated()) // If the GPS data is vaild
{
if (logGPSData()) // Log the GPS data
{
SerialMonitor.println("GPS logged."); // Print a debug message
lastLog = millis(); // Update the lastLog variable
}
else // If we failed to log GPS
{ // Print an error, don't update lastLog
SerialMonitor.println("Failed to log new GPS data.");
}
}
else // If GPS data isn't valid
{
// Print a debug message. Maybe we don't have enough satellites yet.
SerialMonitor.print("No GPS data. Sats: ");
SerialMonitor.println(tinyGPS.satellites.value());
}
}
// If we're not logging, continue to "feed" the tinyGPS object:
while (gpsPort.available())
tinyGPS.encode(gpsPort.read());
}
byte logGPSData()
{
File logFile = SD.open(logFileName, FILE_WRITE); // Open the log file
if (logFile)
{ // Print longitude, latitude, altitude (in feet), speed (in mph), course
// in (degrees), date, time, and number of satellites.
logFile.print(tinyGPS.location.lng(), 6);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.location.lat(), 6);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.altitude.feet(), 1);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.speed.mph(), 1);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.course.deg(), 1);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.date.value());
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.time.value());
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.satellites.value());
logFile.println();
logFile.close();
return 1; // Return success
}
return 0; // If we failed to open the file, return fail
}
// printHeader() - prints our eight column names to the top of our log file
void printHeader()
{
File logFile = SD.open(logFileName, FILE_WRITE); // Open the log file
if (logFile) // If the log file opened, print our column names to the file
{
int i = 0;
for (; i < LOG_COLUMN_COUNT; i++)
{
logFile.print(log_col_names[i]);
if (i < LOG_COLUMN_COUNT - 1) // If it's anything but the last column
logFile.print(','); // print a comma
else // If it's the last column
logFile.println(); // print a new line
}
logFile.close(); // close the file
}
}
// updateFileName() - Looks through the log files already present on a card,
// and creates a new file with an incremented file index.
void updateFileName()
{
int i = 0;
for (; i < MAX_LOG_FILES; i++)
{
memset(logFileName, 0, strlen(logFileName)); // Clear logFileName string
// Set logFileName to "gpslogXX.csv":
sprintf(logFileName, "%s%d.%s", LOG_FILE_PREFIX, i, LOG_FILE_SUFFIX);
if (!SD.exists(logFileName)) // If a file doesn't exist
{
break; // Break out of this loop. We found our index
}
else // Otherwise:
{
SerialMonitor.print(logFileName);
SerialMonitor.println(" exists"); // Print a debug statement
}
}
SerialMonitor.print("File name: ");
SerialMonitor.println(logFileName); // Debug print the file name
}
Basically the code get the values os lat, long, alt, etc and log into csv file on sdcard. Unfortunately I'm always get no gps data. What's wrong with my code?
Update:
Test serial connection with this code:
#include <AltSoftSerial.h>
// AltSoftSerial always uses these pins:
//
// Board Transmit Receive PWM Unusable
// ----- -------- ------- ------------
// Teensy 3.0 & 3.1 21 20 22
// Teensy 2.0 9 10 (none)
// Teensy++ 2.0 25 4 26, 27
// Arduino Uno 9 8 10
// Arduino Leonardo 5 13 (none)
// Arduino Mega 46 48 44, 45
// Wiring-S 5 6 4
// Sanguino 13 14 12
AltSoftSerial altSerial;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) ; // wait for Arduino Serial Monitor to open
Serial.println("AltSoftSerial Test Begin");
altSerial.begin(9600);
altSerial.println("Hello World");
}
void loop() {
char c;
if (Serial.available()) {
c = Serial.read();
altSerial.print(c);
}
if (altSerial.available()) {
c = altSerial.read();
Serial.print(c);
}
}
I just receive the menssage "AltSoftSerial Test Begin", so the problem may be the serial port?
