GPS time from PyTrack

jmpratt

Is there a way to use the GPS time to set the RTC? I want to be able to log data from remote locations with no wifi access. I want the unit to be able to set the RTC to the correct time upon reset.

jmpratt

@andrethemac Thanks for letting me know! Your library is just what I was looking for.

andrethemac

@jmpratt I've had the same question, and was looking for a library that didn't use to much memory. So I wrote it myself (based upon the default library and @Neuromystix idea's. https://github.com/andrethemac/L76GLNSV4

best regards

jmpratt

@seb Ok. Thanks for the confirmation. I appreciate the help.

seb

@jmpratt

The L76GNSS library provided by pycom reads the NMEA sentences via I2C, there is no UART involved. The linked to code uses L76GNSS to get the sentenaces, and then micropyGPS to parse them

robert-hh

@jmpratt said in GPS time from PyTrack:

Anyone know of a way to contact an author on GitHub?

Raise an issue, then the owner will be notified.

jmpratt

@seb It looks like he's using both the micropyGPS and L76GNSS modules, which doesn't make any sense to me. Here he talks about seeing output on a UART with a PyTrack and the micropyGPS module: https://github.com/inmcm/micropyGPS/issues/7

Is he using the L76GNSS module to pull a NMEA sentence and then send it to the micropyGPS module for handling?

Anyone know of a way to contact an author on GitHub?

seb

@jmpratt

I see no mention of UART in the linked code

jmpratt

Ok, I'm confused. Here's a link for a project using the PyTrack with the micropyGPS module: https://github.com/ozeta/iot-gps-receiver. If the PyTrack uses I2C to communicate with the GPS chip, how can micopyGPS communicate with the chip via the UART?