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Review on DIYmall VK-172 VK 172 Gmouse G-Mouse USB GPS Dongle Glonass: Windows 10/8/7/vista/XP/Raspberry PI Vehicle Aviation Tracker (1pc) by Nathaniel Collins

Revainrating 5 out of 5

That's great. I have added built in GPS to my laptops.

This thing is amazing. I've added GPS to my laptops in the past and this device is second to none. In fact, it is Ublox 7 GPS with a standard ceramic antenna. Plug it in and install Ublox's 500kb driver. It creates a virtual COM port and you can use it for your NMEA needs. GPS reception is excellent, but I haven't tried GLONASS. Glonass and GPS will not do this at the same time (Glonass is the Russian version of GPS, both systems have their own satellites). I've read a few articles about people hacking the module inside to take the UART signal from two pins, but those are very small pins/pads and this is definitely an advanced hack/mod. I might try hacking it for use with my Arduino or flight controller in the future. If you <Joe Blow is non-technical and needs a GPS device> or if you are interested in GPS integration for computers, Arduinos, RCs, etc. I would recommend this! I would also recommend this if you

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