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Parsing Data

Since all GPS's output NMEA sentences and often for our projects we need to extract the actual

data from them, we've simplified the task tremendously when using the Adafruit GPS library. By

having the library read, store and parse the data in a background interrupt it becomes trivial to

query the library and get the latest updated information without any icky parsing work.

If you're using an Uno/Duemilanove/Diecimila...

Make sure the switch is set to SoftSerial

Open up the File®® Examples®® Adafruit_GPS®® parsing sketch and change the line

SoftwareSerial mySerial(3, 2);

SoftwareSerial mySerial(8, 7);

and upload it to the Arduino. Then open up the serial monitor.

If you're using a Leonardo..

Make sure the switch is set to SoftSerial

Change SoftwareSerial mySerial(3, 2); to SoftwareSerial mySerial(8, 7); as above, and also

change

useInterrupt(true);

useInterrupt(false);

Because due to strange internal-details stuff, we cant use Software Serial, interrupts and also echo

the output via USB at the same time on Leonardo.

You'll want to wait till you get a fix so stick the GPS out the window or use an antenna