Yo Chris! On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 14:05:32 -0700 Chris Kuethe <[email protected]> wrote:
> A web search for "General Dynamics GD8200 GPS" gives me an AI summary > of "The General Dynamics GD8200 is equipped with a fully integrated > GPS system featuring a high-performance quadrifilar helix antenna and > SiRFstarIII high-sensitivity GPS software", with source links to > (among others) Yeah, I agree SiRF III, but how did you get that module? > Also, someone posting as Stuart (maybe the same Stuart) tells us about > this GPS back in July 2022 - > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gpsd-users/2022-07/msg00020.html - > which suggests that the SiRF3 has been integrated into a Leadtek > LR9548S. Based on that I found the datasheet at Farnell. That nails it down. Military Industrial overkill. > There are some of the GPS modules on ebay > (https://www.ebay.com/itm/174376157995) which have some decent photos > (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZZ0AAOSw3Dtd3XXW/s-l1600.jpg or > https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KUwAAOSwV-pmWNCw/s-l1600.webp) but I > don't see a pinout. That is almost cceratinly the standard Trimble pinout and form factor. > And then I stopped looking. Either they connected that pin or they did not. ppscheck would tell. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703 [email protected] Tel:+1 541 382 8588 Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." - Lord Kelvin
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