The PMB-648 is a self-contained global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, capable of providing accurate latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, heading, and other information useful for navigation. The data provided by the module is in the industry standard NMEA0183 v2.2 format, making it easy to interpret and use.
GPS data consists of text sentences that contain latitude, longitude, and other information. Each sentence consists of a prefix, plus one or more blocks of data, each separated by a comma. Using a microcontroller, you can parse each sentence to extract just the navigation information you’re looking for. For the examples in this KickStart only the latitude and longitude information is parsed and processed...
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