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Title: Connecting a GPS to the A13?
Post by: noisette on October 22, 2012, 01:51:58 AM

Hi,

Can someone tell me where we should connect a serial GPS to the A13 to work under Android OS? Where do we set the configuration for the GPS?

Thanks,

Jean-Francois

Title: Re: Connecting a GPS to the A13?
Post by: bernard on October 24, 2012, 06:33:54 PM

When you say "serial" do you mean UART or SPI?

I never tried it, but have you looked at the sys_config.fex parameter:

[gps_para]

http://linux-sunxi.org/Fex_Guide#27_GPS

Look in this forum to modify the fex/fexbin files.

Well, unless this sunxi documentation is out of date (which I would not be surprised), it appears to work only through SPI (not UART). I know the (out-of-stock) UEXT GPS module that Olimex sells is UART based : https://www.olimex.com/Products/Modules/GPS/MOD-GPS/

Title: Re: Connecting a GPS to the A13?
Post by: asianremedy on December 10, 2012, 12:10:05 PM

I was searching for possible connection of USB GPS module to A13-Olinuxino but haven't found any. What I did find is module pl2303.ko (usb-to-serial) and ftdi-sio.ko compiled for A10 processor only. Is there any way to find GPS drivers for A13-Olinuxino? Same situation is with Bluetooth drivers as I understood. I think some of us would find it useful to have a solution. Cheers

Title: Re: Connecting a GPS to the A13?
Post by: asianremedy on December 13, 2012, 09:31:14 PM

Can anyone tell us at least is it possible to use GPS with this board or not? If it's not possible via USB maybe UEXT will do?

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