[Starlink] GPS Dongle?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Nathan!

On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:09:19 -0700
Nathan Owens <nathan at nathan.io> wrote:

> Why wouldn't you recommend the hat?

A good recommendation needs to know a bit more about your use case
and expectations.  

The Adafruit chip is several generations old (MT3333?), and the built-in
antenna is no good inside a building.  You want a newer chip that does
multi constellations, and has an antenna connector.  The Adafruit has a
u.fl conenctor, I much prefer SMA.

> Anything you'd recommend that is
> actually purchasable?

Uputronics makes good HATs:

https://store.uputronics.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=60_64

NEO-M8Q for 44 Pounds, ZED-F9P for 240 Pounds.  They have good support
and fast ship to USA.

Also common to get a GPS on a breakout board and jumper it to the Pi.

Sparkfun has a lot of models:

https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=gps

Abay is often the besst place to look.  Here is an interesting new part:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264810984552?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D232899%26meid%3Ded97b963bf6d4fe88b2164c0af008895%26pid%3D101113%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D384222062283%26itm%3D264810984552%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2563228.c101113.m2108

The MAX-M8Q is good, not great.

> I can't seem to find any of the Navisys units,
> and ideally non-USB would be better?

You have to call them direct.  Minimum order quantity is non-trivial.
YOu see them on etsy and ebay when somoeone buys a case of them.


RGDS
GARY
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