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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 Ulysses Fincher

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great GPS module to use with Arduino (or RaspPi)

is definitely NEO-M8N with the latest firmware. The cable supplied was used after cutting off the small plugs, then stripping and tinning the leads. Wire gauge is small so it works best in a patch panel if you connect it with a jumper wire in the same hole. Best with 5V VCC. I2C address 0x1E and TXD/RXD are serial TTL. the default is NMEA mode at 9600 baud. The u-center software (Windows only, but will probably work with Wine) is in the module's u-blox {dot} com.boot message (taken from "text console" u-center): 14:36 : 11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,u-blox AG - www u-blox com*4E14:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,HW UBX-M8030 00080000*6014:36 : 11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,EXT CORE 3.01 (107900)*3314:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,ROM BASE 3.01 (107888)*2514:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01 , 02,FWVER= SPG 3.01*4614:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,PROTVER=18.00*1114:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,MOD=NEO-M8N-0*6714: 36 :11 $GNTXT ,01,01,02,FIS=0xC22536 (100111)*2814:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,GPS;GLO;GAL;BDS*7714:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02 ,SBAS;IMES;QZSS*4914:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,GNSS OTP=GPS;GLO*3714:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02, LLC=FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFED -FFFFFFFF- FFFFFFFF -FFFFFFFF69*2314:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,ANTSUPERV=AC SD PDoS SR*3E14:36:11 $GNTXT,01,01,02,ANTSTATUS=DONTKNOW *2D14:36: 11 $GNTXT , 01,01,02,PF=3FF*4B14:36:14 $GNRMC,143614.19,V,,,,,,,291018,,,N*6D

Pros
  • Everything great!
Cons
  • Blank chip