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Smart Buoy [GPS, Radio (NRF24) and a SD Card Module]

Want to know how to get GPS data and send it somewhere via radio and store it on an SD card?

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Smart Buoy [GPS, Radio (NRF24) and a SD Card Module]

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gps.ino

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transmitter.ino

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receiver.ino

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sd_card_logging.ino

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transmitter_sd.ino

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Code snippet #1

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#include <TinyGPS++.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

// The TinyGPS++ object
TinyGPSPlus gps;

// The serial connection to the GPS device
SoftwareSerial ss(4, 3);

struct dataStruct{
  double latitude;
  double longitude;
  unsigned long date;
  unsigned long time;
}gpsData;

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(115200);
  ss.begin(9600);
}

void loop(){
  while (ss.available() > 0){
    if (gps.encode(ss.read())){
      getInfo();
      printResults();
    }
  }
}

void getInfo(){
  if (gps.location.isValid()){
    gpsData.latitude = gps.location.lat();
    gpsData.longitude = gps.location.lng();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("Invalid location");
  }
  if (gps.date.isValid()){
    gpsData.date = gps.date.value();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("Invalid date");
  }
  if (gps.time.isValid()){
    gpsData.time = gps.time.value();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("Invalid time");
  }
}

void printResults(){
  Serial.print("Location: ");
  Serial.print(gpsData.latitude, 6); Serial.print(", "); Serial.print(gpsData.longitude, 6);
  Serial.print("  Date: ");
  Serial.print(gpsData.date);
  Serial.print("  Time: ");
  Serial.print(gpsData.time);
  Serial.println();
}

Code snippet #2

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#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <TinyGPS++.h>


TinyGPSPlus gps;
SoftwareSerial ss(4, 3);
RF24 radio(8, 7); // CE, CSN


struct dataStruct{
  double latitude;
  double longitude;
  unsigned long date;
  unsigned long time;
}gpsData;


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  ss.begin(9600);
  
  Serial.println("Setting up radio");
  //  Setup transmitter radio
  radio.begin();
  radio.openWritingPipe(0xF0F0F0F0E1LL);
  radio.setChannel(0x76);
  radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_MAX);
  radio.setDataRate(RF24_250KBPS);
  radio.stopListening();
  radio.enableDynamicPayloads();
  radio.powerUp();
  Serial.println("Starting to send");
}


void loop() {
  while (ss.available() > 0){
    if (gps.encode(ss.read())){
      getInfo();
     radio.write(&gpsData, sizeof(gpsData));
    }
  }
} 


void getInfo(){
  if (gps.location.isValid()){
    gpsData.longitude = gps.location.lng();
    gpsData.latitude = gps.location.lat();
  }
  else{
    gpsData.longitude = 0.0;
    gpsData.latitude = 0.0;
  }
  if (gps.date.isValid()){
    gpsData.date = gps.date.value();
  }
  else{
    gpsData.date = 0;
  }
  if (gps.time.isValid()){
    gpsData.time = gps.time.value();
  }
  else{
    gpsData.time = 0;
  }
}

Code snippet #3

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#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>


RF24 radio(8, 7); // CE, CSN

struct dataStruct{
  double latitude;
  double longitude;
  unsigned long date;
  unsigned long time;
}gpsData;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  //  Setup receiver radio
  radio.begin();
  radio.openReadingPipe(1, 0xF0F0F0F0E1LL);
  radio.setChannel(0x76);
  radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_MAX);
  radio.setDataRate(RF24_250KBPS);
  radio.startListening();
  radio.enableDynamicPayloads();
  radio.powerUp();
}

void loop() {
  if (radio.available()) {
    radio.read(&gpsData, sizeof(gpsData));
    Serial.print("Location: ");
    Serial.print(gpsData.latitude, 6);
    Serial.print(", ");
    Serial.print(gpsData.longitude, 6);
    Serial.print("  Date: ");
    Serial.print(gpsData.date);
    Serial.print("  Time: ");
    Serial.print(gpsData.time);
    Serial.println();}
}

Code snippet #4

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#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <TinyGPS++.h>

TinyGPSPlus gps;

SoftwareSerial ss(4, 3);

struct dataStruct{
  double latitude;
  double longitude;
  unsigned long date;
  unsigned long time;
}gpsData;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  ss.begin(9600);
  
  if (!SD.begin(5)) {
    Serial.println("Card failed, or not present");
    return;
  }
  Serial.println("card initialized.");

File dataFile = SD.open("gps_data.csv", FILE_WRITE);
  if (dataFile) {
    dataFile.println("Latitude, Longitude, Date, Time");
    dataFile.close();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("nope can't open file");
  }
}

void loop() {
  while (ss.available() > 0){
    if (gps.encode(ss.read())){
      getInfo();
      printResults(); 
      saveInfo();
    }
  }
}

void getInfo(){
  if (gps.location.isValid()){
    gpsData.latitude = gps.location.lat();
    gpsData.longitude = gps.location.lng();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("Invalid location");
  }
  if (gps.date.isValid()){
    gpsData.date = gps.date.value();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("Invalid date");
  }
  if (gps.time.isValid()){
    gpsData.time = gps.time.value();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("Invalid time");
  }
}

void printResults(){
  Serial.print("Location: ");
  Serial.print(gpsData.latitude, 6); Serial.print(", "); Serial.print(gpsData.longitude, 6);
  Serial.print("  Date: ");
  Serial.print(gpsData.date);
  Serial.print("  Time: ");
  Serial.print(gpsData.time);
  Serial.println();
}

void saveInfo(){
 File dataFile = SD.open("gps_data.csv", FILE_WRITE);
  if (dataFile) {
    dataFile.print(gpsData.latitude);
    dataFile.print(", ");
    dataFile.print(gpsData.longitude);
    dataFile.print(", ");
    dataFile.print(gpsData.date);
    dataFile.print(", ");
    dataFile.println(gpsData.time); 
    dataFile.close();
  }
  else{
    Serial.println("nope no datafile");
  }
}

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