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

Dependencies:   mbed

Revision:
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+/* mbed EM-406 GPS Module Library
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2010, sford
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#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