Hi All,

I've developed a few GPS logger solutions around the LPCs and it's
frustrating that most GPS modules have an ARM7 core inside already.

The latest u-blox modules have SPI, RS232 and USB ports right off the
GPS module which is everything I need but I still have to bolt on
another LPC to do a little file system stuff and add a few sensors.

Atmel just announced a new micro with on-chip GPS which must be the
first of this type of convergence. It would save on components and
cost if I could run a few snippits on the GPS module ARM7 to provide
the extra functions I need.

Anyone know of a vendor that gives access to the microcontroller or
provides GPS on-chip?

Thanks Start a New Thread

Sirf offers a development kit, although I do not know the cost. We
looked at the possibility of doing something similiar on a Sirf Star II
GPS module, but ultimately just didn't have the code space we needed.

--jc

medwar19 wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've developed a few GPS logger solutions around the LPCs and it's
> frustrating that most GPS modules have an ARM7 core inside already.
>
> The latest u-blox modules have SPI, RS232 and USB ports right off the
> GPS module which is everything I need but I still have to bolt on
> another LPC to do a little file system stuff and add a few sensors.
>
> Atmel just announced a new micro with on-chip GPS which must be the
> first of this type of convergence. It would save on components and
> cost if I could run a few snippits on the GPS module ARM7 to provide
> the extra functions I need.
>
> Anyone know of a vendor that gives access to the microcontroller or
> provides GPS on-chip?
>
> Thanks
>
> Start a New Thread

Hi,

> I've developed a few GPS logger solutions around the LPCs and it's
> frustrating that most GPS modules have an ARM7 core inside already.
>
> The latest u-blox modules have SPI, RS232 and USB ports right off the
> GPS module which is everything I need but I still have to bolt on
> another LPC to do a little file system stuff and add a few sensors.
>
> Atmel just announced a new micro with on-chip GPS which must be the
> first of this type of convergence. It would save on components and
> cost if I could run a few snippits on the GPS module ARM7 to provide
> the extra functions I need.
>
> Anyone know of a vendor that gives access to the microcontroller or
> provides GPS on-chip?

Check out the STMicroelectronics STA205x and STA206x (Cartesio) controllers.

--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for ARM, MSP430, AVR, MAXQ, and now Cortex-M3 processors Start a New Thread

Hi,

Working with GPS hardware is a bit frustrating in general as most of
the companies involved are rather secretive. So unless you have
a BIG budget project it will be quite difficult to find any info.

The only exception to this rule that I know about is Zarlink.
Check the ARM based "GP4020 GPS Baseband Processor" and companion
chips. There is a fair amount of data available on Zarlink website,
here:

http://products.zarlink.com/product_profiles/GP4020.htm

There is also open source GPS project here:

http://gps.psas.pdx.edu/
Thanks,
Pawel
http://www.hbbrbasic.com/ Embedded IDE and BASIC Compiler for ARM
based microcontrollers

>
> Hi All,
>
> I've developed a few GPS logger solutions around the LPCs and it's
> frustrating that most GPS modules have an ARM7 core inside already.
>
> The latest u-blox modules have SPI, RS232 and USB ports right off
the
> GPS module which is everything I need but I still have to bolt on
> another LPC to do a little file system stuff and add a few sensors.
>
> Atmel just announced a new micro with on-chip GPS which must be the
> first of this type of convergence. It would save on components and
> cost if I could run a few snippits on the GPS module ARM7 to
provide
> the extra functions I need.
>
> Anyone know of a vendor that gives access to the microcontroller or
> provides GPS on-chip?
>
> Thanks
> Start a New Thread