How To: GPS Module

GPS Module can be used for getting position, time, date and altitude.

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Thanks to the SDK, setting up and using the GPS Module is very simple. You have to do only two things:

Initialize the GPS Module
Program the event handler (what should happen when GPS Module gets updated)

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This example will send the date, time, position, number of satellites the module sees and fix quality with the use of twr_log over the UART to the PC.

GPS function Code Example

#include <application.h>

twr_led_t led;
twr_led_t gps_led_r;
twr_led_t gps_led_g;

void gps_module_event_handler(twr_module_gps_event_t event, void *event_param)
{
    if (event == TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_START)
    {
        twr_log_info("APP: Event TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_START");

        twr_led_set_mode(&gps_led_g, TWR_LED_MODE_ON);
    }

    else if (event == TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_STOP)
    {
        twr_log_info("APP: Event TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_STOP");

        twr_led_set_mode(&gps_led_g, TWR_LED_MODE_OFF);
    }

    else if (event == TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_UPDATE)
    {
        twr_led_pulse(&gps_led_r, 50);

        twr_module_gps_time_t time;

        if (twr_module_gps_get_time(&time))
        {
            twr_log_info("APP: Date: %04d-%02d-%02d",
                        time.year, time.month, time.day);

            twr_log_info("APP: Time: %02d:%02d:%02d",
                        time.hours, time.minutes, time.seconds);
        }

        twr_module_gps_position_t position;

        if (twr_module_gps_get_position(&position))
        {
            twr_log_info("APP: Lat: %03.5f", position.latitude);
            twr_log_info("APP: Lon: %03.5f", position.longitude);
        }

        twr_module_gps_altitude_t altitude;

        if (twr_module_gps_get_altitude(&altitude))
        {
            twr_log_info("APP: Altitude: %.1f %c", altitude.altitude, tolower(altitude.units));
        }

        twr_module_gps_quality_t quality;

        if (twr_module_gps_get_quality(&quality))
        {
            twr_log_info("APP: Fix quality: %d", quality.fix_quality);
            twr_log_info("APP: Satellites: %d", quality.satellites_tracked);
        }

        twr_module_gps_invalidate();
    }

    else if (event == TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_ERROR)
    {
        twr_log_info("APP: Event TWR_MODULE_GPS_EVENT_ERROR");
    }
}

void application_init(void)
{
    twr_log_init(TWR_LOG_LEVEL_DUMP, TWR_LOG_TIMESTAMP_ABS);

    twr_led_init(&led, TWR_GPIO_LED, false, false);
    twr_led_set_mode(&led, TWR_LED_MODE_ON);

    if (!twr_module_gps_init())
    {
        twr_log_error("APP: GPS Module initialization failed");
    }

    else
    {
        twr_module_gps_set_event_handler(gps_module_event_handler, NULL);
        twr_module_gps_start();
    }

    twr_led_init_virtual(&gps_led_r, TWR_MODULE_GPS_LED_RED, twr_module_gps_get_led_driver(), 0);
    twr_led_init_virtual(&gps_led_g, TWR_MODULE_GPS_LED_GREEN, twr_module_gps_get_led_driver(), 0);
}

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