Advice on GPS board (GNSS Receiver Breakout - MAX-M10S (Qwiic))

Qwiic System
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Hi there!

I am thinking of buying a board for a personal project that can read gps data from and possibly store it into a database. The board which I am looking at currently is the SparkFun GNSS Receiver Breakout - MAX-M10S (Qwiic). I am completely new to trying to incorporate any kind of hardware into my coding so have looked at your tutorial for the board but I have a few questions:

  1. Does the board require to be plugged into the computer in order for the computer to receive the data or does it have the ability to transmit data to my computer in a wireless format?

  2. Does it have the capability of returning the time of data taken (e.g. at 17:00, I was at …)

  3. Is the data stored directly on the board and/or is there memory on the SparkFun RedBoard Plus (as that what the tutorial recommends to hook the gps board up with)?

I am trying to get any help but maybe help from the dedicated technical support team so please do let me know if I’ve posted this in the wrong place!

Thanks!!!

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  1. the board can use UART, i2c, or SPI to get the data to the pins…you would need a serial radio, a bluetooth module pair, or similar to transmit the data wirelessly…or use a Microcontroller that has BT or Wifi (swap into the place of the Reboard Plus in the guide)

  2. yep, time stamps are available for all of our GPS modules

  3. You could either use a Microcontroller that has an SD card slot, or a datalogger https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=logger to save the data onto a card…if transmitting BT/Wifi you can just save the datastream to a local file :slight_smile:

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First of all thank you so much for all this, It’s definitely really helped! I have noticed the two data transmission methods you gave are bluetooth and Wifi however I would love something that is a bit more long distance (as bluetooth would only be accessible when close enough to it and I presume wifi would only really work in/near my house however please do correct me if I’m wrong!). Something like a mile radius around my house.

Is there anything suitable for long distance communication and data transfer available or not?

Once again thanks for all of your previous help!

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Take a look at getting a pair of LoRa boards/antennas…we’ve been able to get a bit over a mile out of those :slight_smile: