Re: I2C and GPS

2012-01-11 Thread Benjamin Deering
I promised myself that I wouldn't take my FR apart again until it was time to install the GTA04 board so I won't have pics of what I did this weekend, but I can share some other info. BMP085 barometer install pics: http://www.jeepingben.net/index.php?level=album&id=24 MLX90614 thermometer in

Re: I2C and GPS

2012-01-11 Thread Patryk Benderz
[cut] > I don't know if > anyone else is adding i2c sensors to their freerunner, but I thought > this might be helpful. Very helpful. Can you provide schematics as a attachment to list, or as a link? -- Patryk "LeadMan" Benderz Linux Registered User #377521 () ascii ribbon campaign - against ht

Re: I2C and GPS

2012-01-11 Thread David Matthews
can we have a picture of the final tweak� please ? +1 yes please! I'm struggling to understand what you've done, but ity sounds like something I'd be very please to have. and by the way that stuff I wrote earlier about sdcards was garbage - it was a faulty card, not a problem with qtmoko o

Re: I2C and GPS

2012-01-11 Thread Sylvain Paré
can we have a picture of the final tweak please ? 2012/1/11 Benjamin Deering > Dusting off a very old thread... > > I have both of my sensors working and good gps performance now. > > This weekend I opened the position settings->satellite details dialog in > SHR as well as my phone and tried a

Re: I2C and GPS

2012-01-10 Thread Benjamin Deering
Dusting off a very old thread... I have both of my sensors working and good gps performance now. This weekend I opened the position settings->satellite details dialog in SHR as well as my phone and tried a few things. I was seeing serious signal loss as soon as I connected the SCL line from t

Re: I2C and GPS

2011-11-24 Thread Alastair Johnson
Given the performance degradation in GPS lock cause by high SD drive strength and the i2c being on flying leads right next to the antenna I certainly wouldn't rule it out. On 11/24/2011 01:49 PM, Lars Poulsen wrote: Hi You can try to add a series resistor to the signals or reducing the drive s

Re: I2C and GPS

2011-11-24 Thread Lars Poulsen
Hi You can try to add a series resistor to the signals or reducing the drive strength of the driver. The frequency of the signals are not that important but rather the rise time. This is usually not a problem om i2c but who knows. On 24/11/2011, at 14.17, Dave wrote: Hi, Ferrite beads aid with

Re: I2C and GPS

2011-11-24 Thread Dave
Hi, Ferrite beads aid with removing VHF-SHF feedback and/or uncontrolled oscillation mainly. I cannot see why they would be of use on a (500khz?) I2C bus. At that frequency they would have minimal effect. On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Benjamin Deering wrote: > > With the i2c devices removed,

Re: I2C and GPS

2011-11-24 Thread Benjamin Deering
With the i2c devices removed, I get TTFF of around 1 minute in shr-core. It sounds like putting ferrite beads on SDA and SCL might help reduce EMI, so I will try that when I get a chance. Ben On 11/23/2011 05:06 PM, dmatthews.org wrote: On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:20:16 -0500 Benjamin Deering

Re: I2C and GPS

2011-11-23 Thread dmatthews.org
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:20:16 -0500 Benjamin Deering wrote: Hi Ben Not sure this is relevent to you, but I now have the fastest GPS fix I've ever had on the freerunner. QTMoko v35 and I put this in /etc/default/gpsd:- START_DAEMON="true" GPSD_OPTIONS="" DEVICES="/dev/ttySAC1" USBAUTO="false" G

I2C and GPS

2011-11-22 Thread Benjamin Deering
For months now I have had poor performance with my Freerunner's GPS. The GPS problems did not seem to coincide with the two times I have opened my Freerunner to add I2C sensors. I have an infrared thermometer and a barometer. Lately I have missed the GPS enough to look into the issue more.