GPS Speed Meter
Many modellers are either flying, driving or just floating their models, but so far they could not measure speed of their models – except if they had suitable (expensive) controls on board of their model.
Today’s electronics is getting smaller and more effective nearly every day now. Same applies for GPS modules and OLED displays. These two components are key components in the GPS Speed Meter. With a help of Arduino Nano they form a simple but effective speed measurement device.
Main features of GPS Speed Meter are:
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Measures maximum achieved speed
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Measures current achieved speed
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Measures maximum achieved altitude above sea level
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Measures current altitude above above sea level
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Measures number of satellites received
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Weights 17 grams (0.59 oz)
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Dimensions: 63 x 20 x 20 mm (2.48 x 0.787 x 0.787 Inches)
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Powered by Single LiPo cell
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Draws < 50 mA @ 4 V
GPS Speed Meter uses Arduino Nano to process GPS data received from one of the smallest and lightest GPS module that has built-in ceramic patch GPS antenna. All data are displayed on a crisp OLED display.
A clever design enables easy data monitoring. With a click on OLED display user can select data to display on OLED.
GPS module is based on MT3339 GNSS chipset which supports up to 210 PRN channels with 66 search channels and 22 simultaneous tracking channels, GPS module supports various location and navigation applications, including autonomous GPS, QZSS, SBAS ranging (WAAS, EGNO, GAGAN, MSAS), AGPS.
GPS Module’s absolute ratings:
Maximum Altitude: 18,000m (60,000 feet)
Maximum Velocity: 515m/s (1000 knots)
Maximum Acceleration: 4G
Typical wake-up time is 30 – 45 seconds after applying power supply.
As such GPS Speed Meter is suitable for measuring speeds of:
