Geekstory VK-162 G-Mouse USB GPS Dongle: Reliable Remote Mount Navigation Module with External GPS Antenna for Raspberry Pi, Google Earth, Windows, and Linux Review

I've had this GPS for a while now and I love it. It's easy to use with Linux desktop/laptop or RaspberryPi. You can easily test this on Linux/Raspberry Pi by installing sudo apt install nodejs npm and then npm install express, serialport, gps and using the examples. While not as accurate as my OEM GPS module, it's pretty close, it's actually pretty close.

I am a radio amateur. I used this with two programs for my APRS installation, dire wolf and Xastir. I wouldn't call this product waterproof but it will withstand a little bit of rain if you put it on the car. I can set the time on my laptop in the car via satellite, so very accurate! Overall it is very accurate and I am happy with my purchase!

I bought this device to connect to my laptop so I can get accurate location data to sync my laptop's clock with a high accuracy GPS clock . I plan to use this in remote areas with digital ham radio protocols (FT8/FT4/etc) that require precise timing. This device is very small, attaches with a magnet when needed, receives a very fast GPS signal, and consumes very little power. Works perfectly for my needs.

Physical connection was as easy as plugging in a USB cable (no additional power cable needed). I've found that a strong magnetic base is useful for a specific attachment. You're on your own as far as the instructions go (but let's face it, that's one of the reasons this item is so cheap). I had trouble following two different online directions, but when I followed the exact steps outlined in Oscar A. Blanco's review on the Revain product page, everything worked great. I highly recommend his…

I really want to thank Oscar for his review. My main goal was to build a time server on an offline LAN and learn how a Linux time server works. I learned how to sync my router, RPis and Windows machine to a Linux time server. VK-162 received the signal very quickly. About 15 years ago I was using several portable GPS units and it took me about 3 minutes to get a signal. There is a Raspberry Pi GPS app that shows satellites, latitude, longitude and time. I installed a basic GPS app first to make

This GPS module just works. Surprises, no problem. Plug the device into an available USB port on your Pi, run "sudo apt-get install gpsd" to install the Pi's basic GPS tools, and you're done (EDIT: See Oscar Blanco's review for a more complete one instructions.) The device acquires satellites quickly, even indoors in my apartment. I'm building this Pi to be as versatile as possible and one thing I wanted to do was run the Navit car navigation software. , with maps from OpenStreetMap. This small

I bought this device so that my Windows 10 laptop can show the exact time. Installation was as quick as plugging a dongle into my laptop. Windows 10 automatically installed the required device driver. After the driver installation was complete, I installed a free app called GPSTime. GPSTime only needs the dongle's COM port number to set it up, then press the start button. I changed the default baud rate to You can use Windows Device Manager to find the COM port number. I then ran the GPSTime…

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install gpsd gpsd-clients python-gps sudo shutdown -r now sudo dpkg-reconfigure gpsd sudo nano /etc/default/gpsd# Default settings for gpsd init script and Hotplug wrapper.# Automatically start GPSD daemon at boot.START_DAEMON="false"# Use USB hotplug to automatically add new USB devices to the daemon. Read/Write by GPSD user or dialout group.DEVICES="/dev/ttyACM0"# Other options you want to pass to gpsdGPSD_SOCKET="/var/run/gpsd.sock"GPSD_OPTIONS ="-n "…