NEO6 GPS with Py PICO with micropython

[Barry Scott]

> On 30 Nov 2022, at 10:58, KK CHN <kkchn.in at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> List,
> 
> Just commented the     // gpsModule.readline()     in the while loop,  (
> refer the link
> https://microcontrollerslab.com/neo-6m-gps-module-raspberry-pi-pico-micropython/
> )
> 
> 
> while True: # gpsModule.readline() // This line commented out and the "GPS
> not found message disappeared". buff = str(gpsModule.readline()) parts =
> buff.split(',')
> 
> 
> The GPS not found error which appears intermittently in the output python
> console for few seconds ( say 7 to 8 seconds  its printing the lines   "
> GPS data not found" )   now  disappears.
> 
> Any thoughts?  How the above line comment made it vanish the  "GPS data
> not found" error output.

Show the full text of the error that you see. Is it a traceback?

What I would do then is read the code that raised the "GPS data not found"
error and find out why it reports that error.

Barry
p.s. Please reply in line, do not top post.

> 
> Krishane
> 
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 3:58 AM rbowman <bowman at montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:23:31 +0530, KK CHN wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> When I ran the program I am able to see the output of  latitude and
>>> longitude in the console of thony IDE.  But  between certain intervals
>>> of a few seconds  I am getting the latitude and longitude data ( its
>>> printing GPS data not found ?? ) in the python console.
>> 
>> I would guess the 8 seconds in
>> 
>> timeout = time.time() + 8
>> 
>> is too short. Most GPS receivers repeat a sequence on NMEA sentences and
>> the code is specifically looking for $GPGGA. Add
>> 
>> print(buff)
>> 
>> to see the sentences being received. I use the $GPRMC since I'm interested
>> in the position, speed, and heading. It's a different format but if you
>> only want lat/lon you could decode it in a similar fashion as the $GPGGA.
>> 
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