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Published February 12, 2015 © MIT

Tessel Tracker

Example for using Tessel GPS and GPRS modules together

Full instructions provided3,375

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Hardware components

Tessel 1 (discontinued - see Tessel 2)

Tessel 1 (discontinued - see Tessel 2)

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GPS Module

Tessel GPS Module

Plugged into Port C

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GPRS Module

Tessel GPRS Module

Plugged into Port A

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Story

Tessel tracker: It sends GPS coordinates over GPRS to a server. Map shows the latest location & route and live updates them.

heroku create
git push heroku master
Set correct APN & URL to index.js
Connect gprs module to port A and gps to port C
tessel run index.js
Wait for continuous blue light (tessel is sending gps data then)

ps. screenshot is misleading :)

Some notes:

Deploy instructions assume familiarity with Heroku
There could be issues with bad reception & getting gps fix
Live updates are done with server sent events -> doesn't work on IE

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Heikki Ylönen

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