Karsten wrote: > Some time ago, someone (I can not remember who it was) mentioned > that the current GPS chip of the GTA01 does some calculations in > software (means within the driver code), which is done by firmware > in other GPS chips.
Okay that makes some sense then what is being discussed, but still does not explain why you NEED such binary. If all you want is the coordinates you should be able to send a simple command to the receiver and tell it ... go :) Also, whatever calculation that is, surely it can be done in software outside the receiver, or if not then this was a very poor choice of receivers. I started working with them about 12 years ago. They have advanced tremendously since then. They are tiny, cheap, and easy to write code for. The NMEA mode is good to have for applications that expect that kind of output, but it's a nasty spec actually format wise, and binary modes unleash much more data. My recommendation would be to ditch any vendor provided code and focus on two drivers, one for NMEA and one for binary mode. The binary mode is usually proprietary ie motorola has their own spec and lasson has another etc, but it's just a matter of reading binary and following the specs. 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't :) I am willing to write code for this, and other areas too, but do not have a Neo yet, and sadly it does not make sense to order one at the moment. Count me in for the next rev but please do lots of QA. The reports of white screen and no boot and othe nasties are ... a concern. Only alpha hardware should behave that way. -- Doug _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community