Help GPS read with serin

[leinske]

Hello evrybody, I am working on a project to read som GPS info from PC serial port and displaying the result on an LCD display.
Iwant to read the speed and course to display it on an LCD display the GPS output looks like
$GPRMC,192144.62,A,5041.6058,N,00412.6124,E,0.45,3 57.74,081205,,*0B

the part I want to read is 0.45 (speed) and 357.74 (course)

I think it will be possible with the command SERIN and I want to use a PIC16F628 the baut rate must be 4800
Can anywan help me i think that it can possible with the skip n characters ????
thanks for helping me

[Ron Marcus]

Hello evrybody, I am working on a project to read som GPS info from PC serial port and displaying the result on an LCD display.
Iwant to read the speed and course to display it on an LCD display the GPS output looks like
$GPRMC,192144.62,A,5041.6058,N,00412.6124,E,0.45,3 57.74,081205,,*0B

the part I want to read is 0.45 (speed) and 357.74 (course)

I think it will be possible with the command SERIN and I want to use a PIC16F628 the baut rate must be 4800
Can anywan help me i think that it can possible with the skip n characters ????
thanks for helping me

First of all, use a crystal or resonator. If you don't, you will waste time tweeking the oscillator, and have it malfunction if the temperature changes.
I'd use the hardware UART first, then serin2 if necessary. Every character needs to be counted. In other words, commas and spaces too. I don't have the PBP book of revelations with me, so I will get back to you, but do a search on GPS and the Basic stamp. I found exactly what you are looking for. If you don't find it,or no one else chimes in, I will post it later. Quite simply,

'wait' for "$GPMRC" then skip (nn),speed_var, skip(nn), vector_string / 6.

This is not correct, but the best my feeble mind can create without the book in front of me. The nn's represent the number of places to skip.

Hope this helps,
Ron

[G8RPI]

Hi,
Be careful if just counting characters. Some of the NMEA 0183 data strings have variable lengths. You need to check the specification for your device.
I'd concurr on using the hardware serial UART and a crystal.

Robert G8RPI.

[leinske]

Thanks evrerybody, i made my prototype for GPS reading and it works perfectly i give my code as somebody can use it for similar applications

Best regards,
Leinske

' Program to display returned value of a GPS on RB1
' LCD in 4-BIT mode PIC16F628 controller 4Mhz clock Fuse PWRT BODEN
'
' LCD should be connected as follows:
' LCD PIC
' DB4 PortA.0
' DB5 PortA.1
' DB6 PortA.2
' DB7 PortA.3
' RS PortA.4 (add 4.7K pullup resistor to 5 volts)
' E PortB.3
' RW Ground
' Vdd 5 volts
' Vss Ground
' Vo 20K potentiometer (or ground)
' DB0-3 No connect
'GPS sentence: $GPRMC,192144.62,A,5041.6058,N,00412.6124,E,0.45,3 57.74,081205,,*0B



DEFINE OSC 4
CMCON = 7
GPSin VAR PORTB.1
SW VAR PORTB.5 'optional switch for Man Over Board keeps position on EEPROM when switched on
TRISB.1=1 'define port B1 as input
TRISB.5=1 'define port B5 as input
TRISA.0=0
TRISA.1=0
TRISA.2=0
TRISA.3=0
TRISA.4=0
TRISB.3=0


PORTA=0
PORTB=0

'Allocate Variables for GPS:
TimeOut CON 3000
baudGPS CON 24764 '16572 + 8192 (bit 13)

hh VAR BYTE 'hours
mm VAR BYTE 'minutes
knots VAR WORD 'speed in knots (units)
knotsten VAR BYTE 'speed in knots (tens)
course VAR WORD 'heading
latdeg VAR BYTE 'degrees latitude
latmin VAR BYTE 'minutes latitude
NS VAR BYTE 'north or south
londeg VAR BYTE 'degrees longitude
lonmin VAR BYTE 'minutes longitude
EO VAR BYTE 'east or west
j VAR BYTE 'day
m VAR BYTE 'month
a VAR BYTE 'year

fix VAR WORD 'GPS fix


LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut " POP CORN"
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut " WELCOME ABOARD"
Pause 2000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut " YOUR SKIPPER"
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut " ALAIN DE VOS"
Pause 2000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen

GPS: 'read GPS

IF SW=1 Then 'switch for man over board
GoTo mob
EndIF

SerIn2 GPSin,baudGPS,Timeout,Nogps,[wait("$GPRMC"),wait(","),DEC2 hh,DEC2 mm,wait(","),fix,wait(","),DEC2 latdeg,DEC2 latmin,wait(","),NS,wait(","),DEC3 londeg,DEC2 lonmin,wait(","),EO,wait(","),knots,wait("."),DEC2 knotsten,wait(","),DEC3 course,wait(","),DEC2 j,DEC2 m,DEC2 a]



IF fix="V" Then 'if no GPS fix
GoTo Nofix
EndIF
'write last valid into EEPROM
Write 0,hh
Write 1,mm
Write 2,latdeg
Write 3,latmin
Write 4,NS
Write 5,londeg
Write 6,lonmin
Write 7,EO
Write 8,j
Write 9,m
Write 10,a

GoTo LCD

LCD:




'normal display if fix ok
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut "SPEED :",knots,".",DEC2 knotsten," KNT"
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut "HEADING:",DEC3 course," DEG"
Pause 3000


LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut "LAT:",DEC2 latdeg,",",DEC2 latmin," ",NS
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut "LON:",DEC2 londeg,",",DEC2 lonmin," ",EO
Pause 3000
GoTo GPS


'display if no gps is present
Nogps:
Pause 1000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut " NO GPS"
Pause 1000
GoTo GPS

'display if no gps fix
Nofix:
'read last valid from EEPROM
Read 0,hh
Read 1,mm
Read 2,latdeg
Read 3,latmin
Read 4,NS
Read 5,londeg
Read 6,lonmin
Read 7,EO
Read 8,j
Read 9,m
Read 10,a


Pause 1000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut " NO GPS FIX"
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut " LAST VALID"
Pause 2000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut "DATE: ",DEC2 j,"-",DEC2 m,"-",DEC2 a
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut "TIME: ",DEC2 hh,":",DEC2 mm
Pause 2000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut "LAT:",DEC2 latdeg,",",DEC2 latmin," ",NS
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut "LON:",DEC2 londeg,",",DEC2 lonmin," ",EO
Pause 2000
GoTo GPS

mob: 'man over board
Read 2,latdeg
Read 3,latmin
Read 4,NS
Read 5,londeg
Read 6,lonmin
Read 7,EO

Pause 1000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut " MAN OVER BOARD"
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut " POSITION"
Pause 2000
LCDOut $FE, 1 'Clear Screen
LCDOut "LAT:",DEC2 latdeg,",",DEC2 latmin," ",NS
LCDOut $fe,$c0
LCDOut "LON:",DEC2 londeg,",",DEC2 lonmin," ",EO
Pause 2000
GoTo GPS

[Dave]

leinske, I notice 1 thing, I hope the MOB switch is a push button that can only be actuated 1 time or a push button switch with some kind of software flag to disable the EEPROM update after the first write as the actual MOB location will be over written. I would put some kind of flag that you must reset in a different way to maintain the MOB's actual location. Just a thought.......

Dave Purola,
N8NTA

[leinske]

Hi Dave,
in fact the MOB switch is a 2 positions ON/OFF toggle switch, there is also a pull down resistor on portB.5.

when MOB occures, the switch is set to ON then the program goes to the mob label, return to GPS label, test if switch is on if wel, loops to mob solong the switch is not set to off.

The writing instructions are after the switch test routine, so there are no updates of de EEPROM during the MOB action, I think it's the simplest way to do it ;o)

regards,
Leinske

[rodrik]

Dear LEINSKE
Thanks for the source code. I just had a problem with SERIN line now its works well

Actualy I don't need to see on LCD . I catch all relevant fields of $GPRMC and I am sending by SEROUT2 command to PC by serial cable

In your code I can catch only 4 digits of the lan and lat how can I catch all lan lat as is ?
I add lanss and latss variables try to catch all strings I am loosing 0 (zero)

3202.9876 I get 32.02 and 03412.3452 I get 34.12

Thanks

Haim Rodrik

[BrianT]

This post should be moved to the GPS thread I feel. It seems a good thread with useful code and it uses a different way of extracting the data fields than my old post in the GPS section.

Cheers
Brian