Using Visual Basic to write some basic GPS software?

GPS/GNSS Development Boards
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Ok, I’ve been doing the Google thing for hours trying to find some Visual Basic code for use with GPS devices and I’ve had no luck finding what I’m looking for.

All I’m looking for is some very basic working code for use with a Lassen iQ USB evaluation board that I can use as a ‘foundation’ to learn from and eventually write my own code. I don’t want to purchase a program, I’d rather learn how to write it myself, but I’m not a very experienced programmer.

I’m thinking that if I can just find some code that will connect to the Lassen USB board and read the NMEA sentences, that I’ll be able to take it from there.

Thanks in advance!!!

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You could take a look at

www.codeproject.com/vb/net/WritingGPSApplications1.asp

Hope it helps.

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How about Joshua Trupin’s work on MSDN, GPSBoy I believe it was called? Kind of dated but it works and is fairly straightforward to follow.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/01/GPS/

http://www.cynicor.com/GPS/

I also found the VisualGPS NMEA example to be useful.

http://www.visualgps.net/papers/NMEAParser/

Good Luck