GPS Interface to PIC

Hi,
Has anyone interfaced a GPS to a PIC ?
Is it as simple as RS232 ?
or do I need to dig into the NEMA code ?
Thnks

Peter

hi peter,

well most gps module outputs nmea data sentences at 4800 8n1, so all you need is just wait for the specific sentence and extract the data. hope u RTFM. some handheld units such as GARMIN outputs a specific text string and not nmea which baudrate can be chosen from the setup menu. but definitely 99% of them outputs nmea data sentences.