seeed studio Grove-GPS-Air530 Module Owner’s Manual

seeed studio Grove-GPS-Air530 Module

Product Information

The Grove – GPS (Air530) is a high-performance, highly integrated multi-mode satellite positioning and navigation module.
It supports GPS / Beidou / Glonass / Galileo / QZSS / SBAS, making it suitable for GNSS positioning applications such as car navigation, smart wear, and drones.

Features

• Cost-effective
• Highly integrated
• Multi-mode satellite positioning and navigation
• Compact size for easy deployment
• Tiny volume and low power consumption

Specifications

Product Usage Instructions

Getting Started

If this is the first time you work with Arduino, we recommend you to see the Getting Started with Arduino guide before starting.

Play With Arduino

1. Prepare the following items:
   • Seeeduino V4.2
   • Base Shield
   • Grove – GPS (Air530)
2. Connect Grove – GPS to port D2 of Grove-Base Shield.
3. Plug Grove – Base Shield into Seeeduino.
4. Connect Seeeduino to PC via a USB cable.

Software Installation

Note that the u-center software is for Windows only.

1. Install u-center software.
2. Copy the provided code into Arduino IDE and upload it.

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial SoftSerial(2, 3);
unsigned char buffer[64];
int count=0;

void setup() {
  SoftSerial.begin(9600);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  if (SoftSerial.available()) {
    while(SoftSerial.available()) {
      buffer[count++] = SoftSerial.read();
    }
  }
}

FAQ

• Q: Where can I find more information about Grove modules?
  • A : You can refer to the Grove System for more details about Grove modules.
• Q: Can I connect the Grove – GPS directly to Seeeduino without the Base Shield?
  • A : Yes, you can connect the Grove – GPS directly to Seeeduino following the provided instructions.

Confused of your GPS not working well in urbans or outsides under only one or few satellite modules? Then you should not miss our new Grove-GPS (Air530). It’s a high-performance, highly integrated multi-mode satellite positioning and navigation module. It supports GPS / Beidou / Glonass / Galileo / QZSS / SBAS, which makes it suitable for GNSS positioning applications such as car navigation, smart wear and drones.

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Features

• Cost-effective
• Highly integrated Multi-mode satellite positioning and navigation
• Compact size for easy deployment
• Tiny volume and low power consumption

Specifications

Platforms Supported

Getting Started

Play With Arduino

This sample simply reads from the GPS by using software serial and sends it back to the serial port.

Hardware

• Step 1. Prepare the below stuff:

• Step 2. Connect Grove – GPS to port D2 of Grove-Base Shield.
• Step 3. Plug Grove – Base Shield into Seeeduino.
• Step 4. Connect Seeeduino to PC via a USB cable.
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Software

• Step 1. Install u-center software.
• Step 2. Copy the code into Arduino IDE and upload. If you do not know how to upload the code, please check how to upload code.

• Step 3. Open U-center.
• Step 4. Click Receiver -> Port and select the COM port that the Arduino is using.
• Step 5. Click Receiver -> Baudrate and make sure 9600 is selected.
• Step 6. Click View -> Text Console and you should get a window that will stream NMEA data.
• Step 7. Open the serial monitor, You can see as shown below:

We also can view data in Google Earth:

• Step 1. Click File -> Database Export -> Google Earth KML
• Step 2. This should launch Google Earth with the history that was captured by u-center.
• Step 3. Alternatively, data can be recorded by pressing the red circle on the toolbar which will then ask where you want to save the record.
• Step 4. When we have captured enough data, click the black square to stop recording.
• Step 5. We can then convert the .ubx file generated to KML by using uploading the ubx file to GPSVisualizer, and the location (Red spot) would be shown on the map as following:

Schematic Online Viewer

Resources

• [ZIP] GPS Schematic(PDF)
• [PDF] Air 530 User Booklet

References

• GPS Visualizer
• Get Started with Arduino | Seeed Studio Wiki
• GPS Modules Selection Guide | Seeed Studio Wiki
• Grove Ecosystem Introduction | Seeed Studio Wiki
• Upload Code | Seeed Studio Wiki
• Grove - GPS (Air530) - Seeed Studio
• u-center | u-blox

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