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GNSS - Track Your Position with Espruino

Track your position and view your full route on a map!

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GNSS - Track Your Position with Espruino

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Espruino Pico
Espruino Pico
×1
u-blox GG-1802 Dual GNSS Receiver
Ublox NEO-M8N - UART communication, Galileo enabled !
×1
Mini SD Card Module
×1
Lipo battery - 800 mAH
Battery small enough to fit the case
×1
Elegoo Prototype PCB - 5x7cm
I use the 5x7cm PCB for the case
×1
Plastic case - 8.8x5.7x3cm
Case for the final assembly
×1
Wemos shield accu
Lipo battery charger
×1
Micro JST PH 2.0
JST connector to powered the PCB and compatible with de Wemos Lipo battery charger!
×1
Micro sd card
×1
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
×1
USB to UART TTL
Serial UART Interface Converter Adapter Module
×1

Software apps and online services

u-blox U-Center App
App to configure the U-Blox GNSS module
Espruino Web IDE
The Web IDE is the preferred way to program Espruino

Story

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Schematics

Project schema

There is one version in development mode, and another in standalone mode, the circuit being connected to a Lipo battery.

Project schema Fritzing

Wirering our module

Code

index.js

JavaScript
Main entry point for the app
const fs = require("fs");
const modBoardLed = require('mod-boardled');
const modGNSS = require('mod-gnss');
const modSD = require('mod-sd');

function onInit() {
    modSD.init();
    modSD.createNewFile("position-file.json");

    // modGNSS init method params :
    //-------------------------------
    // 1) Set the GNSS to write data or only console.log on the IDE
    //    modGNSS.MODE.DATA       // write data
    //    modGNSS.MODE.DEBUG      // log data
    //-------------------------------
    // 2) Set local time offset base on UTC global time (set to 2 - French summer time)
    //-------------------------------
    // 3 & 4 ) callbacks when satellite data available or not

    modGNSS.init(modGNSS.MODE.DATA, 2,
        //--- On Fix
        function (data) {
            modBoardLed.signalOnFix();
            modSD.writeData(data);
        },
        //--- On Search
        function () {
            modBoardLed.signalOnSearch();
        }
    );
}

mod-sd.js

JavaScript
Write a line of data (position, date time ...) on SD card every time GNSS get some
let o = {};

let fileName;

o.init = function(){
    const spi = new SPI();
    spi.setup({mosi:B5, miso:B4, sck:B3 });
    E.connectSDCard(spi,B10 /* CS on B0 available ! */);
};

o.createNewFile = function(fileName){
    fileName = filename;
    //--- Create file on SD card
    fs.writeFileSync(fileName, "");
};

o.writeData = function(lineData){

    const latitude  = lineData.lat;
    const longitude = lineData.lon;
    const elevation = lineData.altitude;
    const time      = lineData.time;

    const mmappedLineDate = `{"latitude":${latitude},"longitude":${longitude},"elevation":${elevation},"time":"${time}"},`;

    // Add new data line :
    fs.appendFileSync(fileName, "\n" + mmappedLineDate);

};

o.readFile = function(filename){
    console.log(fs.readFileSync(filename));
};

module.exports = o;

mod-boardled.js

JavaScript
Here to blink :)
var o = {};

//--- Blink RED led on Pico
o.signalOnSearch = function (){
    digitalWrite(LED1, true);
    setTimeout(function(){
        digitalWrite(LED1, false);
    },50);
};

//--- Blink GREEN led on Pico
o.signalOnFix = function () {
    digitalWrite(LED2, true);
    setTimeout(function(){
        digitalWrite(LED2, false);
    },50);
};

module.exports = o;

mod-gnss.js

JavaScript
Parse NMEA raw data to something more humanly understandable
var o = {};
o.MODE = {
    DEBUG: "DEBUG",
    DATA: "DATA"
};

o.localOffset = 2; // Default French local Offset (summer time)
let GNGGADataAvailable = false;
let GNGGASequenceList = [];

function parseGNSSData(lineStr) {

    let result = {
        dataAvailable: false,
        lat: null,
        lon: null,
        altitude: null,
        time: null
    };

    //--- Exemple GNGGA sentence :
    // $GNGGA,163251.00,4853.12648,N,00218.80880,E,2,11,2.06,76.7,M,46.2,M,,0000*71

    let lineList = lineStr.split(",");

    switch (lineList[0]) {

        case "$GNGGA": // Position data

            if (lineList[6] != 0) {
                GNGGADataAvailable = true;
                GNGGASequenceList = lineList;
            } else if (lineList[6] == 0) {
                result.dataAvailable = false;
                GNGGADataAvailable = false;
            }
            break;

        case "$GNRMC":  // Date/Time data

            if (GNGGADataAvailable) {

                //--- lat & long
                let latitude = GNGGASequenceList[2].substring(0, 2);
                let restLatitude = GNGGASequenceList[2].substring(2, GNGGASequenceList[2].length);
                let lat = +latitude + (restLatitude / 60);
                lat = lat.toFixed(6);

                let longitude = GNGGASequenceList[4].substring(0, 3);
                let restLongitude = GNGGASequenceList[4].substring(3, GNGGASequenceList[2].length);
                let lon = +longitude + (restLongitude / 60);
                lon = lon.toFixed(6);

                result.lat = lat;
                result.lon = lon;

                //--- altitude
                result.altitude = GNGGASequenceList[9];


                //-------------- Exemple data time : 2016-07-06T12:36:00Z
                //--- time
                let dateGNSS = "20" + lineList[9].substr(4, 2);
                dateGNSS = dateGNSS + "-" + lineList[9].substr(2, 2);
                dateGNSS = dateGNSS + "-" + lineList[9].substr(0, 2);

                let timeGNSS = lineList[1].substr(0, 2);
                timeGNSS = timeGNSS + ":" + lineList[1].substr(2, 2);
                timeGNSS = timeGNSS + ":" + lineList[1].substr(4, 2) + "Z";

                //--- add local offset to UTC (France / summer ):
                let time = new Date(dateGNSS + "T" + timeGNSS);
                time = time.setHours(time.getHours() + o.localOffset);
                time = new Date(time).toISOString();

                result.time = time;
                result.dataAvailable = true;

            } else {
                result.dataAvailable = false;
            }

            break;
    }


    return result;
}

o.init = function (mode, localOffset, onFix, onSearch) {

    o.localOffset = localOffset ;

    Serial1.setup(9600, {rx: B7, tx: B6});


    switch (mode) {

        case o.MODE.DATA:
            let gps = require("GPS").connect(Serial1);

            gps.on('line', function (lineStr) {

                if (parseGNSSData(lineStr).dataAvailable) {
                    onFix(parseGNSSData(lineStr));
                } else {
                    onSearch();
                }

            });
            break;

        case o.MODE.DEBUG:
            require("GPS").connect(Serial1, function (data) {

                if(data.fix == 0 ){
                    modBoardLed.signalOnSearch();
                } else if (data.fix != 0){
                    modBoardLed.signalOnFix();
                }

                console.log(data);
            });
            break;
    }
};

module.exports = o;

gps-to-gpx

JavaScript
Generate .gpx file
const fs = require("fs");
const lineReader = require('line-reader');
const createGpx = require("gps-to-gpx").default;

//--- Create valid Json file from text file

// valid Json Object template (see gps-to-gpx npm module doc)
let validTemplateObj = {
    activityType: "my-cool-activity",   // <--- CHANGE route activity here !
    startTime: "",
    waypoints: []
};

let waypoints = [];

lineReader.eachLine('./path/to/position-file.txt', function (line) { // <--- CHANGE your raw position text file path here !
    console.log(line);
    if(!!line || line != ""){
        waypoints.push(JSON.parse(line))
    }

}, () => {

    // Set start time 5 seconde before fist position time
    let startTime = new Date(waypoints[0].time);
    startTime = startTime.setSeconds(startTime.getSeconds() - 5);
    startTime = new Date(startTime).toISOString();


    //--- Create & write .gpx file
    const gpx = createGpx(waypoints, {
        activityName: validTemplateObj.activityType,
        startTime: startTime,
    });

    fs.writeFileSync("./path/to/position-file.gpx", gpx.toString()); // <--- CHANGE output .gpx path here !
    console.log("GPS to GPX, file write DONE!");

});

gps-to-gpx dependencies

JSON
Node js dependencies file
{
  "name": "scripts",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "gps-to-gpx.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "gps-to-gpx": "^1.4.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "line-reader": "^0.4.0"
  }
}

Credits

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