Noob Q's on EM-406A

GPS/GNSS Development Boards
1

Im new to the world of micro controllers, and have just finished putting together a breadboard with an atmega8 and a max232.

I have connected my board to the serial port and have got data to be sent to hyperterminal and i can get my board to respond to various key strokes.

So i know my usart and max232 is working fine.

Now i want to add in an EM-406A.

Is it as simple as powering the EM-406A with 5volts and connecting the TX pin to my RX on the microcontroller and have it setup with the correct USART and ill be able to pull the GPS data?

2

Is it as simple as powering the EM-406A with 5volts and connecting the TX pin to my RX on the microcontroller and have it setup with the correct USART and ill be able to pull the GPS data?

Yes.

Pete

3

You will have to define some parameters to the GPS modules flash memory as default so you can correctly program for it. Set the baud you need, and only what strings you want it to feed.