Axon II Microcontroller and GPS

For more information, see:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/axon2

Any GPS system that outputs data via I2C or UART will work.

The program I used is called 'GPS Viewer', and the map was just Google maps.

In this video I used the Venus, an incredibly inaccurate system from Sparkfun. I don't recommend at all. =(

And no, thats not my house, so don't bother using the coordinates to stalk me =P

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• axon
• microcontroller
• robot
• sor
• societyofrobots
• gps

[detectiveinspekta]

Where did you get the antenna from, I can not find a suitable one.

[palmisano]

@detectiveinspekta sparkfun has them. Don't get the antenna I used in the video, try a ceramic one (it's square shaped and meant for GPS).

[detectiveinspekta]

@palmisano Why not? Not as good GPS reception? I do actually have a gps-mini with the ceramic antenna from sparkfun. Just a few hours ago I screwed it, tried to "manually" send a pulse to put it into sleep mode, used 5V. It stopped working,I read the data sheet and its 1.8V logic level! $200 down the drain just like that. I will probably get it replaced, wanting it for a outdoor tracker and thought a duck antenna would have better performance.

[palmisano]

@detectiveinspekta I've made that mistake many times, myself, but have always been lucky without anything frying. Antennas are optimized for different frequencies, so you'd want the antenna thats been optimized for GPS. I haven't tried the Venus with a ceramic antenna (yet), but I can tell you the reception with that duck antenna was horrible.

[bioburn]

i used to go to your site in 2006, i had another youtube account but my sister closed it, i forgot about your site, but i found it again

[palmisano]

2006? Ages ago! So many new tutorials since. You should subscribe to my videos as a reminder =P

[spirit3277]

please make a tutorial on robosnake and also on rc airplane

[bioburn]

yeah i commented a few times as kotosugi

[VJExavior]

Hehe, thanks!

I was just curious since you know a lot more about this stuff than I do. I've had a lot of fun with the Arduino, but I'm always curious to learn what else is out there.

I'll keep my eye on the Axon

[palmisano]

The Arduino only has 1 UART, the Axon has 4. The Axon has 16 ADC and 15 PWM - the Arduino doesn't even come close. The Axon can also handle much higher currents, and use lower voltage batteries. And most importantly, the Arduino requires shields and/or protoboards to work, while the Axon has a power bus for instant plug-n-play of servos/sensors. Many more reasons =P