01-07-2018, 06:17 PM
Hi Doug,
I am currently tinkering with an Arduino clone Pro Micro and a GPS module (when it arrives).
From the notes on your website you essentially watch (or sniff) the com port and the parse the NMEA string to get the data to update the clock. Is that correct?
My tinkering is around setting up the Pro Micro to read the GPS module and then print the appropriate NMEA string to the USB port.
I am doing this for two reasons, the first being to learn a bit more about Arduino and GPS (although I have written .Net apps to do the clock update before the hardware bit is new).
Secondly, a clone Pro Micro costs about $6 or $7 from China, and the GPS module isn't much more than that. For under $20 you could have a GPS time signal that runs off your USB port and would keep your PC on time when off the grid.
Colin
I am currently tinkering with an Arduino clone Pro Micro and a GPS module (when it arrives).
From the notes on your website you essentially watch (or sniff) the com port and the parse the NMEA string to get the data to update the clock. Is that correct?
My tinkering is around setting up the Pro Micro to read the GPS module and then print the appropriate NMEA string to the USB port.
I am doing this for two reasons, the first being to learn a bit more about Arduino and GPS (although I have written .Net apps to do the clock update before the hardware bit is new).
Secondly, a clone Pro Micro costs about $6 or $7 from China, and the GPS module isn't much more than that. For under $20 you could have a GPS time signal that runs off your USB port and would keep your PC on time when off the grid.
Colin