On GPS Accuracy with the Tripmate

I am a huge fan of my Delorme Tripmate. It’s a cheap serial GPS receiver that it is very easy to work with and interface with my microcontroller projects. It was introduced over 10 years ago and mine is still in great condition. I’ve used it for a number of projects (e.g., PIC16F88 Delorme Tripmate GPS Logger, GPS Logger with Time and Speed, and a modified version for GPRMC) and I plan on creating more. However, it’s starting to show its age and I have found that over time I’ve become less and less fond of its chipset. The biggest problem has been the gross inaccuracies in reported position. Read More

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Creative Commons License

Hopefully this will clear up questions as to whether or not you can modify the projects and use them as a basis for your own projects. I originally put them on my website in order to help other aspiring hobbyists.  They are now explicitly shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License.

Japan Summary

Here is a summary of the areas I visited in Japan:

It was a truly amazing.

Japan Day 6, Tokyo & Kyoto (Part 1 of 2)

This post is the sixth in a series of nine illustrating my trip to Japan and the first of two illustrating my sixth day in Japan (March 26th). Matt and I wanted to go to the Tsukiji fish market Monday morning before he left for the US.  The Tsukiji fish market is the world’s largest wholesale fish market and has world-famous tuna fish auctions almost every day.  We left our hotel at 4:30 AM and got there just in time to see the tuna fish auction.

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