On 2024-06-28, Geoff Steckel <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/27/24 22:23, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: >> I'm looking at purchasing a Dell Latitude rugged laptop that has an >> option for a u-blox GPS card. It is a fairly expensive option and I am >> wondering if anyone has been able to get one of these cards to work with >> ntpd in OpenBSD. I have searched the archives and have not been able to >> find reports of a device that works fine but hopefully that is a good >> sign. Anyone use one of these u-blox GPS cards? >> >> Bryan >> > I have a precision GPS-disciplined oscillator which contains > a u-blox gps module. It connects to one machine via a serial port and > works well > as a time reference. The NMEA data comes through perfectly. > > You'd have to figure out what device the OS will see - serial? usb? ?? > The only interface I've -seen- for them is serial but that doesn't mean > something else hasn't been made. > > Then, perhaps harder, is finding a program to use the data.
The kernel can read NMEA sentences - see nmea(4), ldattach(8). It populates sensors; openntpd can read the time from there. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
