>Source code of the customized Arduino IDE will also be made available; the GPS / Beidou / GLONASS navigation kernel library integrated will remain in library file format.
Sounds like the guts are in a binary blob.
NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
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Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
GPS mouse? Unless you mean module (DYAC), can you please give a pointer?
http://gpstracklog.com/2007/08/whats-a-gps-mou.html The term "GPS mouse" refers to the shape and size of the device, and has come to mean any wired or wireless GPS receiver that doesn’t come with any sort of interface. It merely outputs position data to a laptop, cell phone, etc.
Huh, I have always referred to them as "pucks".
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#33Cheap GPS, cheap pocket tri-copters, fun fun fun! I really don't care about taco service but it would be nice if I could call someone at home and say "I forgot my under 8 oz item at home" they could attach it to the copter and send it to my 15 miles away at work. Soon, if not already, that will be an off the shelf capability.
I know I have a twisted mind, but I envisioned a quad copter delivering a grenade, a bomb or a shot to the head. Creepy me, I know.
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#34Title is misleading - as far as I know centimeter accuracy is only possible with an RTK base station in the area where you're using the GPS, e.g. in a survey. I'm guessing the chipset allows capturing of raw data that can be post-processed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Kinematic
Yep, even WAAS is only considered to be accurate to 3m, IIRC.
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#35Cheap GPS, cheap pocket tri-copters, fun fun fun! I really don't care about taco service but it would be nice if I could call someone at home and say "I forgot my under 8 oz item at home" they could attach it to the copter and send it to my 15 miles away at work. Soon, if not already, that will be an off the shelf capability.
I know I have a twisted mind, but I envisioned a quad copter delivering a grenade, a bomb or a shot to the head. Creepy me, I know.
The ability to do the same with a RC car has existed for a couple decades.
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#36Title is misleading - as far as I know centimeter accuracy is only possible with an RTK base station in the area where you're using the GPS, e.g. in a survey. I'm guessing the chipset allows capturing of raw data that can be post-processed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Kinematic
Yep, even WAAS is only considered to be accurate to 3m, IIRC.
According to the wikipedia page on WAAS[0], regular GPS is accurate (95% of measurements) There is also an FAA graph of GPS measurement accuracy[1] which I'm guessing is the source of various "accurate to 2.2m" claims I have seen.
[0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Augmentation_System#C...
[1]http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy/histogra...
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#37So, the most interesting thing is that this is a Sparc V8 32-bit arch, with floating-point support.
It can run a real operating system, I think.
Jolly good show!
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#38Arduino compatible is misleading in a lot of these cases. It usually means it works with the standard library included with the Arduino IDE, but most of the 3rd party external libraries (note...interesting and useful, and almost always necessary when connecting devices/screens, etc) don't end up working without changes to the libraries themselves. Take a look at the amount of work that the Teensy3 community has done…
“Arduino compatible” is often also used to refer to the structure of the pins. This one claims to be “Breadboard compatible.”
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#39The CPU component of this is a synthesis of LEON3, which is a GPL implementation of the SPARC V8 ISA. Seems pretty neat, especially with the presence of a hard FPU.
Re: NavSpark: Arduino Compatible with GPS GNSS Receiver
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know I have a twisted mind, but I envisioned a quad copter delivering a grenade, a bomb or a shot to the head. Creepy me, I know.
The ability to do the same with a RC car has existed for a couple decades.
True, just not as flexibly. Most targets that might be threatened in this way have various barriers between them and a would be RC car assasin. Although the sequence in the move "The Dead Pool" tried to envision this threat with respect to an actual vehicle target.