Neo 6m GPS Serial Direct

• neo6mgps_serial_direct.py
• created by mahemys; 2019.08.28
• !perfect, but works!
• GNU-GPL; no license; free to use!
• update 2019-08-28; initial review

purpose

• neo-6m gps module data collection using serial port of the device and plotting relevant graphs using matplotlib

how to use

• just copy file to your location
• run this python script in terminal
• create a routine to run at start

requirements

• sqlite3 for database
• serial for serial port communication
• matplotlib for graphs

process

• using serial port communication save gps data into the database
• first convert db to csv; neo6mgps_db.db -> neo6mgps.csv
• run neo6mgps_plot_uptime.py to generate uptime graphs like No of Satellites; No of Records
• run neo6mgps_plot_blackouts.py to generate downtime or blackouts graphs like Blackouts duration; Total No of Blackouts

sample

• csv file neo6mgps.csv
• uptime graph Neo-6m_GPS_Uptime.png
• downtime graph Neo-6m_GPS_Blackouts.png

Uptime graph

Downtime or Blackouts graph

NMEA sentences

• GGA - essential fix data which provide 3D location and accuracy data.
• $GPGGA,timestamp,lat,lat_dir,lon,lon_dir,gps_qual,num_sat,horizontal_dil,altitude,altitude_units,geo_sep,geo_sep_units,empty,checksum
• $GPGGA,071341.00,1255.37234,N,07729.09966,E,1,06,1.49,811.0,M,-86.4,M,,*70

footnote

• let me know if you find any bugs!
• Thank you mahemys