Robert wrote: > Thanks for the reply! This is the one I found: > Manufacturer site: > http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/Peripheral/MiniPCI/MP-954GPS.HTM > More Info: > http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922 > > The manufacturer site list it as "GPS Module & 2 x COM ports" not sure > if this is via emulation or how it is accomplished. > > I'm very noob-ish on GPS tech, why the serial ports? is that how they > communicate via emulated serial [or real ones if they are available]?
That big chip on the right is a PCI 4-channel serial port chip. In Linux they will show up as ttyS[4-7] (or ttyS[2-5], depending on your kernel version). Actually there's a manual on the commell website, which states "Three 16C950 High performance UART channels, first channel for GPS". So you get a GPS on a real serial port, and two extra serial ports for free. Eric _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
