Allows for a GPS module to be connected to a serial port and exposes an easy to use API to get the GPS data. New feature, added Mbed/LPC17xx RTC synchronisation

Dependents:   SatGPS AntiTheftGPS FLIGHT_CONTROL_AND_COMMUNICATIONS_SYSTEM GPS-Lora ... more

Revision:
6:64771e31464e
Parent:
5:7f130f85d5a4
--- a/GPS.cpp	Wed Apr 20 09:15:07 2011 +0000
+++ b/GPS.cpp	Thu Apr 21 14:06:17 2011 +0000
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
     
     _lastByte = 0;
     
+    _gga = (char *)NULL;
+    
+    _rmc = (char *)NULL;
+    
+    _vtg = (char *)NULL;
+    
     switch(_uidx) {
         case 1:   _base = LPC_UART1; break;
         case 2:   _base = LPC_UART2; break;
@@ -120,6 +126,8 @@
 void
 GPS::ticktock(void)
 {
+    int i;
+    
     // Increment the time structure by 1/100th of a second.
     ++theTime; 
     
@@ -127,18 +135,45 @@
     if (process_required) {
         char *s = buffer[active_buffer == 0 ? 1 : 0];
         if (!strncmp(s, "$GPRMC", 6)) {
+            if (_rmc) {
+                for(i = 0; s[i] != '\n'; i++) {
+                    _rmc[i] = s[i];
+                }
+                _rmc[i++] = '\n'; _rmc[i] = '\0';
+            }
             theTime.nmea_rmc(s);
             cb_rmc.call();
             if (!_ppsInUse) theTime.fractionalReset();
         }
         else if (!strncmp(s, "$GPGGA", 6)) {
+            if (_gga) {
+                for(int i = 0; s[i] != '\n'; i++) {
+                    _gga[i] = s[i];
+                }
+                _gga[i++] = '\n'; _gga[i] = '\0';
+            }            
             thePlace.nmea_gga(s);            
             cb_gga.call();
         }
         else if (!strncmp(s, "$GPVTG", 6)) {
+            if (_vtg) {
+                for(int i = 0; s[i] != '\n'; i++) {
+                    _vtg[i] = s[i];
+                }
+                _vtg[i++] = '\n'; _vtg[i] = '\0';
+            }
             theVTG.nmea_vtg(s);            
             cb_vtg.call();
         }
+        else {
+            if (_ukn) {
+                for(int i = 0; s[i] != '\n'; i++) {
+                    _ukn[i] = s[i];
+                }
+                _ukn[i++] = '\n'; _ukn[i] = '\0';
+                cb_ukn.call();
+            }
+        }
         process_required = false;
     }