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What electronic components are needed for a boat GPS?
Onboard GPS allows you to track the position, speed and heading of your RC boats in real time while navigating. To take full advantage of this, it is important to use a speed display , in order to view live data and then replay your sessions to analyze your performance. The boat's GPS is relatively simple in terms of its electronic components. It consists of: A GPS module capable of receiving signals from at least 8 satellites A mini ESP32 computer capable of analyzing the si

FRA222
5 days ago1 min read


How do I assemble the GPS for a radio-controlled boat?
Step 1 consists of preparing the M5Stack AtomS3 lite module with the Atom v2 GPS. Simply place the Atom S3 on the Atom v2 GPS. Regarding food: For testing purposes, the module can be powered via USB-C. Next, connect the Adafruit PowerBoost 1000C module by connecting the red wire to 5V and the black wire from the Grove connector to GND. Connecting the LiPo battery to the Adafruit module (being careful to observe the correct polarity) will power the AtomS3 lite module. It is po

Philippe
Apr 102 min read
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