CircuitPython library for GPS modules.
Project description
Introduction
GPS parsing module. Can parse simple NMEA data sentences from serial GPS modules to read latitude, longitude, and more.
Dependencies
This driver depends on:
Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.
Installing from PyPI
On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI. To install for current user:
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-gpsTo install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):
sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-gpsTo install in a virtual environment in your current project:
mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-gpsUsage Example
See examples/gps_simpletest.py for a demonstration of parsing and printing GPS location.
Important: Feather boards and many other circuitpython boards will round to two decimal places like this:
>>> float('1234.5678')
1234.57This isn’t ideal for GPS data as this lowers the accuracy from 0.1m to 11m.
This can be fixed by using string formatting when the GPS data is output.
An implementation of this can be found in examples/gps_simpletest.py
import time
import board
import busio
import adafruit_gps
RX = board.RX
TX = board.TX
uart = busio.UART(TX, RX, baudrate=9600, timeout=30)
gps = adafruit_gps.GPS(uart, debug=False)
gps.send_command(b'PMTK314,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0')
gps.send_command(b'PMTK220,1000')
last_print = time.monotonic()
while True:
gps.update()
current = time.monotonic()
if current - last_print >= 1.0:
last_print = current
if not gps.has_fix:
print('Waiting for fix...')
continue
print('=' * 40) # Print a separator line.
print('Latitude: {0:.6f} degrees'.format(gps.latitude))
print('Longitude: {0:.6f} degrees'.format(gps.longitude))These two lines are the lines that actually solve the issue:
print('Latitude: {0:.6f} degrees'.format(gps.latitude))
print('Longitude: {0:.6f} degrees'.format(gps.longitude))Note: Sending multiple PMTK314 packets with gps.send_command() will not work unless there is a substantial amount of time in-between each time gps.send_command() is called. A time.sleep() of 1 second or more should fix this.
About NMEA Data
This GPS module uses the NMEA 0183 protocol.
This data is formatted by the GPS in one of two ways.
The first of these is GGA. GGA has more or less everything you need.
Here’s an explanation of GGA:
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$--GGA,hhmmss.ss,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x,xx,x.x,x.x,M,x.x,M,x.x,xxxx*hh
Time (UTC)
Latitude
N or S (North or South)
Longitude
E or W (East or West)
GPS Quality Indicator,
0 - fix not available,
1 - GPS fix,
2 - Differential GPS fix
Number of satellites in view, 00 - 12
Horizontal Dilution of precision
Antenna Altitude above/below mean-sea-level (geoid)
Units of antenna altitude, meters
Geoidal separation, the difference between the WGS-84 earth ellipsoid and mean-sea-level (geoid), “-” means mean-sea-level below ellipsoid
Units of geoidal separation, meters
Age of differential GPS data, time in seconds since last SC104 type 1 or 9 update, null field when DGPS is not used
Differential reference station ID, 0000-1023
Checksum
The second of these is RMC. RMC is Recommended Minimum Navigation Information.
Here’s an explanation of RMC:
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$--RMC,hhmmss.ss,A,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x.x,x.x,xxxx,x.x,a*hh
Time (UTC)
Status, V = Navigation receiver warning
Latitude
N or S
Longitude
E or W
Speed over ground, knots
Track made good, degrees true
Date, ddmmyy
Magnetic Variation, degrees
E or W
Checksum
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