Mbed with low-cost serial BR355 GPS using RS232 breakout and PS/2 breakout for power.

Dependencies:   mbed

GPS.h

Committer:
snavare3
Date:
2011-02-25
Revision:
0:98ae71628dbf

File content as of revision 0:98ae71628dbf:

/* mbed EM-406 GPS Module Library
 * Copyright (c) 2008-2010, sford
 *
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 */

#include "mbed.h"

#ifndef MBED_GPS_H
#define MBED_GPS_H

/**  A GPS interface for reading from a Globalsat EM-406 GPS Module */
class GPS {
public:

    /** Create the GPS interface, connected to the specified serial port
     */    
    GPS(PinName tx, PinName rx);
    
    /** Sample the incoming GPS data, returning whether there is a lock
     * 
     * @return 1 if there was a lock when the sample was taken (and therefore .longitude and .latitude are valid), else 0
     */
    int sample();
    
    /** The longitude (call sample() to set) */
    float longitude;

    /** The latitude (call sample() to set) */
    float latitude;
    
private:
    float trunc(float v);
    void getline();
    
    Serial _gps;
    char msg[256];

};

#endif