Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Accessing the GPS shield from the
Arduino IDE
The GPS shield provides the hardware interface to the GPS device. Now, you can access
the GPS data from inside the Arduino IDE. To do this, perform the following steps:
1. As with most devices, the first step is to download the appropriate libraries. For
this device, you'll find the libraries at
www.dexterindustries.com/manual/arduino-
shields/gps-shield/
under the
Arduino GPS Shield Drivers (zip)
selection.
2. Unzip the
dGPS
file and copy the
dGPS
file folder to your Arduino's
libraries
dir-
ectory. You'll also need to download another three examples from this page. These
aren't really set up to put in the
Examples
directory of
dGPS
and open automatic-
ally using the
File
|
Examples
process, but you can simply open them by navigat-
ing to
File
|
Open command
.
3. Once you have the library installed, let's write a simple program that reads the val-
ues from the GPS device. Open the Arduino IDE and type in the following code: