10Hz GPS thread

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:00 am

Update: please also review discussion on second page regarding NMEA & Binary Protocol's and their 10hz support within a module...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1881&start=10

Feel free to post links to different 10hz capable gps.

Preferably with break outs.

Be aware what type you need.

Serial:
http://www.flytron.com/15-simpleosd-gps-module.html
http://www.adafruit.com/products/746
http://store.diydrones.com/MediaTek_MT3 ... 329-02.htm

I2C:
http://www.flytron.com/sensors/180-i2c- ... thers.html
http://qcrc.ca/shop/index.php?main_page ... ucts_id=41
http://www.dsscircuits.com/i2c-gps-shield.html

Jonit · Post by **Jonit** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:34 am

SERIAL:
http://www.drotek.fr/shop/en/90-pa6c-gps-llc.html

I2C:
http://www.drotek.fr/shop/en/88-i2c-pa6c-gps-llc.html

dr.tom · Post by **dr.tom** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:02 pm

RC timer

SERIAL
25$ http://rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_ ... oductname=

I2C
buy serial + this for 7$: http://rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_ ... oductname=

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:34 pm

I have had good luck with…
SERIAL:
10 Hz - FMP04-TLP GPS module at: http://www.ohararp.com/products.html
BOB at: http://flyduino.net/Flyduino-FMP04-GPS-Bob_1

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:33 pm

thanks guys !

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:49 pm

dr.tom wrote:RC timer

SERIAL
25$ http://rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_ ... oductname=

I2C
buy serial + this for 7$: http://rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_ ... oductname=

AFAIK these ublox modules only support ~5hz but can still work with multiwii if you comment out a line of code related to filtering.

copterrichie · Post by **copterrichie** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:00 pm

This is an excellent Reference Thread.

TermicOne · Post by **TermicOne** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:17 pm

haydent wrote:
dr.tom wrote:RC timer

SERIAL
25$ http://rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_ ... oductname=

I2C
buy serial + this for 7$: http://rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_ ... oductname=

AFAIK these ublox modules only support ~5hz but can still work with multiwii if you comment out a line of code related to filtering.

Haydent ...I've ordered this GPS/Ublox from RCtimer and I'm waiting for delivery. Can you be so kind to give me some detail about the line to be commented in order to make this GPS functioning on the new ALL IN ONE PRO shield from RCTIMER? Thanks!

JustasM · Post by **JustasM** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:25 pm

Please correct me if i'm wrong. If i buy an I2C GPS for use with my Crius SE board, i'll only have to solder 4 cables (some directly to the board) and it'll be enough ? I prefer not to need to have serial port occupied or need to disconnect stuff when connecting to PC/bluetooth.

Thanks

Pyrofer · Post by **Pyrofer** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:20 pm

Yes, i2c GPS needs only Power/ground and the 2 i2c lines.

It leaves Serial port free.

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:51 am

i ended up buying a skylab mt3329 w/ 3.3v-5v translater. for the price and availability

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:27 pm

10Hz is OK if your gps module really supports that frequency. I tested a couple of modules and it seems that the ones that claims 10Hz is really work at 10Hz when outputting NMEA data (which has resolution issues, so this is why I implemented the GPS FILTERING.) When used in binary mode the usable refresh rate is only 5Hz. But in that case you don't need GPS_FILTERING so 5Hz is OK.
Ublox 6 and MTK3329 based modules are supported (or will be supported shortly) for binary mode.
I'm also planning to buy some SkyTraq and NVS modules to test them (NVS NV08C-CSM is quite exciting, since it support not only GPS but GLONASS which means twice the number of sats in europe)

LLC is not needed for most of the modules, even if they need 3.3v supply, since TX line can drive an 5V input and for RX you need only a 10K resistor in serial.

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:57 am

so 10hz binary is best if available, though most "10hz gps" only do it with nmea, otherwise if running nmea you need to enable filtering ? have i understood what you say correct ? thans for the resistor tip.

aircopter · Post by **aircopter** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:06 am

Air Studio GPS Board
MT3339 serial 10Hz with supercap. Supports NMEA and binary modes.

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:07 pm

aircopter wrote:Air Studio GPS Board
MT3339 serial 10Hz with supercap. Supports NMEA and binary modes.

same was said for the 3329, but in binary mode at 10hz it jumps all over in a 1x1m box, but at 5hz it is smooth.
and sbas works only up to 5hz.

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:07 pm

haydent wrote:so 10hz binary is best if available, though most "10hz gps" only do it with nmea, otherwise if running nmea you need to enable filtering ? have i understood what you say correct ? thans for the resistor tip.

exactly

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:13 pm

in case you missed it :
http://code.google.com/p/i2c-gps-nav/do ... -hacks.pdf

some hacks and ideas about using ublox neo6m modules.

flyrobot · Post by **flyrobot** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:40 pm

Hi EOSbandi,

This is very good info. I saw on ublox datasheet the eeprom address must be set to address 0xA0. Is the default address of all recommended eeprom already set on that address or we need manually set?

Thanks,

John

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:26 pm

flyrobot wrote:Hi EOSbandi,

This is very good info. I saw on ublox datasheet the eeprom address must be set to address 0xA0. Is the default address of all recommended eeprom already set on that address or we need manually set?

Thanks,

John

See the hack guide, yo have to tie all address lines to GND for A0

flyrobot · Post by **flyrobot** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:51 am

Ok many thanks.
I dont know why no gps board maker never use eeprom.

John

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:46 am

i got my gps now, and its working fine via ftdi and minigps

it appears not to support saving settings though.

A- should i go about configuring it for multiwii by either init code on power up or firmware change ?

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:05 pm

is binary only supported with i2c gps ? as i flashed binary firmware but multiwii gui reports no sats ... is there a setting somewhere to choose binary or nmea in multiwii code ?

[edit]
it must not support my model, as at 38400 baud i get $PGACK,003,-1*71 message

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:14 pm

i just flashed MTK3329_A1.5E_20110118_10Hz_115200.bin and i now have 8 saves available in the minigps test tab where i had none before ... hope they work

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:24 pm

this is what minigps looks like after flashing, it says i have 8 saves left, and im wondering if its worth trying to change anything, (like is there unnecessary nmea sentences i could disable, or can i enable dgps) to use one of my saves ?

im thinking though that this might also reset it back to 5hz though... ill leav it for now and give it a fly tommorow.

flyboy_____ · Post by **flyboy_____** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:48 pm

Hi haydent

I used the MTK3329_A1.5E_20110118_10Hz_115200.bin but changed the NMEA Output Settings to Default and then confirmed it.
Also I deactivated SBAS.
Don't know if I'm doing the right thing?

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:22 am

sounds ok, wasnt sbas off to begin it was with mine ? also after you saved it does it still say it is running at 10hz ?

flyboy_____ · Post by **flyboy_____** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:59 pm

Since my last post I've tested also U-Center and noticed that the GPS signal was intermittent (did not tested in Multiwii).
So I decided to use has I said the DEFAULT BUTTON ON NMEA OUTPUT SETTING.
That button change GLL to 1 and GSV to 1. Is this good? were can I find the meaning for these abbreviations?

Yes. SBAS was disabled by default.

After save it remains in 10Hz. OK

In TEST tab I also used the option to save the values.

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:56 am

http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm#nmea <- definitions

form multiwii eos says you need is GGA, GSA and RMC sentences . but you may also want GSV (i think its this one) to get the lock strength data in minigps but not needed in multiwii though

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:50 pm

I've gone and bought one of these, now I'm thinking will it work, I'm sure that I read somewhere yesterday that it would but can I find it today. So does anybody know if it will work or have I bought another piece of of electronic junk.

http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.ph ... ucts_id=64

Gives more of an idea if you paste the link.

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:30 pm

that should be fine, its the same chipset i have ( MT3329 ) if you get stuck just post. just put it together and flash it with the 10hz firmware https://code.google.com/p/i2c-gps-nav/d ... p&can=2&q=

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:12 pm

Thanks for that, I'm sure I'll be doing an Arnie, I'll be back.

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:57 pm

I bought this module and I havnt got a clue how to wire it to my mega board. I know it will need a + and _ ve but what else, looking at the data sheet for the unit it has 10 connections but which ones are needed and which can be left out. It might makes sense if I had the unit in front of me but I wont get that till Tuesday but I do like to be prepared, that way there is no suprises or other bits I might need.

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:16 am

you just need vcc, gnd, and the tx from the module.

as multiwii only recieves data from gps and not send its

but when you are connecting the module to computer via ftdi/usb to flash it you connect up both rx and tx.

with these, if you find it not working try switching tx and rx, as sometimes to gps goes to fc rx pin, sometimes tx to tx

btw you have to hook it up to serial port 0 on your mega

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:48 pm

Thanks for that , I'm guessing Tx 0 and Rx 0, pins 1 and 0 are the serial port 0 connections. You answered my other query about flashing before I even asked it, now if I can get the conf tool working on my notepad in linux I will be on a winning streak.

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:39 am

maybe best to just access a win box temporarily for that unless you have wine but even then...

tx0 and rx0 sound like it. i dont have those labels as my serial0 is labelled as ftdi and has 6 pins which threw me off originally, but my last 2 ports have tx2,rx2 and tx3,rx3 which helped me reverse deduce my 0 one

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:27 am

I'm making my assumptions based on this doc. Its actually the best info I've come across as it shows a picture as well as saying that its got umpteen of this and lots of that.

www.mantech.co.za/datasheets/products/A000047.pdf

haydent · Post by **haydent** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:48 pm

is that your actual mega board ?

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:43 pm

Sorry I never noticed your reply, been busy with Linux. That pdf is not my actual board as the one I have is a clone but the pic is the same, mine says Sainsmart where the pic shows Arduino every thing else is the same.

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:47 pm

Picked up the soldering iron and welded this chip to the break out board. Flashed it and set it up with mini gps NMEA set to default fix update rate at 10, Baudrate at 115200, DGPS di-
sable but the Datum I dont have a clue about. I can see satellites in mini gps and they have a lock but I'm moving about 0.5km/hr sat in the house, not the best place for gps signals. Away plugged it into my mega board set up gps in config.h loaded it and fired up the MW conf nothing, not a blip or dip from the GPS, I put an led on the breakout board so I could tell if it was working and it indicated that it was but no lock on satellites. Even tried it with the multiwiiwin gui and same result, so what have I done wrong.

bill516 · Post by **bill516** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:39 pm

What have I done wrong, nothing apart from not connecting a battery to vback and board Tx to Serial 2 Rx. I was struggling to get this thing to work and read through about 100 pages in the other thread when I thought sod it I'm going to try a battery on vback and that did the trick now all I have to do is make a board for the v back battery.

dramida · Post by **dramida** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:47 pm

Upgraded GPS Ublox Neo 6M from RCtimer with EEprom. From now on, the settings won't be lost anymore. http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=go ... oductname=

brettwal · Post by **brettwal** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:25 pm

dramida wrote:Upgraded GPS Ublox Neo 6M from RCtimer with EEprom. From now on, the settings won't be lost anymore. http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=go ... oductname=

It also has a larger 25x25 antenna. I ordered one last week. We'll see how it behaves.

vpb · Post by **vpb** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:15 pm

It's the same as previous ublox, just with new big antenna, eeprom. Looks like they follow EOSBandi solutions

, just like the AIO board's usb re-inforcement. Cheap price, good quanlity and always try to fix.

hexjump · Post by **hexjump** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:55 am

MT3329 10Hz
http://www.diymulticopter.com
Video: http://youtu.be/s9HIw_902vU

weisseruebe · Post by **weisseruebe** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:45 pm

Hi,

I'm trying to set my Drotek PA6C to 10Hz / 115.200, but it always outputs nonsense after doing that.

I tried:
-Setting 115.200 in MiniGPS. After that, and setting the comport-speed to 115.200 as well, I only receive rubbish.
Setting back doesn't work, only way is to remove the battery.

-Setting 115.200 with the Terminal with same result

-Uploaded 115.200 / 10Hz Firmware. FW-Tool v122 says "Success", but I only get rubbish through the Uart.

I tried all baudrates, but couldn't get NMEA sentences any more.

I flashed the 38400/5Hz Firmware (Power cycling needed to flash!) and it works again.

Any ideas? Is my MT3339 faulty?

higear · Post by **higear** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:13 am

EOSBandi, thanks for the hack pdf! I noticed that you display 2 different gps boards. The last board (blue) does not have the devices labeled and they are in different positions. Does this (blue) board also need to be modded? Are those like early v1 boards?

haley0918 · Post by **haley0918** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:56 pm

Hi,

I have a UP501 module with MT3329. I've tested it previously in normal NMEA mode using previous version of I2C_GPS_NAV and it works with 10Hz.

From what I see, most people use the GTPA010/GTPA013 modules that confirms with binary mode.

Would UP501 be able to work in binary mode? I'm only getting "$PGACK,003,-1*71" after flashing firmware AXN1.51_2272.

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:56 pm

haley0918 wrote:Hi,

I have a UP501 module with MT3329. I've tested it previously in normal NMEA mode using previous version of I2C_GPS_NAV and it works with 10Hz.

From what I see, most people use the GTPA010/GTPA013 modules that confirms with binary mode.

Would UP501 be able to work in binary mode? I'm only getting "$PGACK,003,-1*71" after flashing firmware AXN1.51_2272.

AXN firmware is intended to use only on PA6B modules. Other MTK3329 based modules could work but there is no guarantee, and chances that you are bricking your module is high (for example locosys modules DOES NOT WORK with AXN fw).

Get a UBLOX module, it's cheap and way more better than an MTK module could be.

EOSBandi · Post by **EOSBandi** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:59 pm

higear wrote:EOSBandi, thanks for the hack pdf! I noticed that you display 2 different gps boards. The last board (blue) does not have the devices labeled and they are in different positions. Does this (blue) board also need to be modded? Are those like early v1 boards?

The "blue" board has correct battery circuity so no modifications are needed. (except adding a EEPROM)
EOS

Vaattari · Post by **Vaattari** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:57 am

brettwal wrote:
dramida wrote:Upgraded GPS Ublox Neo 6M from RCtimer with EEprom. From now on, the settings won't be lost anymore. http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=go ... oductname=

It also has a larger 25x25 antenna. I ordered one last week. We'll see how it behaves.

Got my Ublox Neo 6M from RCtimer with EEprom working after tweaking the new I2C GPS code made by EOSBandi: http://code.google.com/p/i2c-gps-nav/downloads/list

For some reason the UBlox initialization needed to be reversed i.e. first send the Ublox configuration (hex stuff) using 9600baud and after that changed the baud rate to 115200. Hopefully this does the same trick as EOSBandi's original init

If I first change the baud rate 9600-->11500 the GPS does nothing with the Ublox config (hex stuff). :?:

The command to change the baud rate to 115200 in EOSBandi code did not work so I needed to change that as well. I do not know why the format is different with my RCTimer GPS so better not to troll here. You can see the correct message format with u-center UBlox messages when you send the baud change message to GPS.

Also I noticed that I could not save all of the configuration into the GPS EEprom. For example baud rate was always 9600 after power off/on. NMEA will be enabled after power off/on.. :roll:

Can anyone help how to save all the config data into the EEprom permanently? U-center messages are tried. Maybe a custom message is needed??