ADA1272 - Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger Shield Includes GPS

ADA1272- Adafruit Ultimate GPS Logger Shield Includes GPS Module


Description: Brand new and better than ever, this Adafruit GPS shield kit with the assembled shield, comes with a Mediatek MTK3339 GPS module. This GPS shield works great with either UNO or Leonardo Arduinos and is designed to log data to an SD card. Or you can leave the SD card out and use the GPS for a geocaching project, or maybe a music player that changes tunes depending on where you are in the city.

Each shield comes assembled and tested, with a stick of 0.1" male header and a 12mm coin cell. Some light soldering is required to attach the header to the shield in order to plug it into your Arduino. If you want to stack a shield on top, be sure to pick up a set of stacking headers to use instead of the breakaway connectors.

If your project is going to be inside an enclosure, you'll love this shield as it has external antenna support. Simply connect an external active GPS antenna via a uFL/SMA cable to the shield and the module will automatically switch over to use the antenna. You can then place the antenna wherever you wish. We think this is the Ultimate GPS shield and we also think you'll agree! For more details, tutorials and example code check out the Adafruit comprehensive tutorial

This shield does not include a MicroSD card, but we do carry a compatible model in the store!

Features:

-165 dBm sensitivity, 10 Hz updates, 66 channels
Low power module - only 20mA current draw, half of most GPS's
Assembled & tested shield for Uno/Duemilanove/Diecimila/Leonardo
Not for use with Mega/ADK/Due
MicroSD card slot for datalogging onto a removable card
RTC battery included, for up to 7 years backup
Built-in datalogging to flash
PPS output on fix
>25Km altitude
Internal patch antenna + u.FL connector for external active antenna
Power, Pin #13 and Fix status LED
Big prototyping area

Specification:

Dimensions(PCB only): 69mm x 53mm x 6.7mm (2.7in x 2.1in x 0.26in)
Weight (w/o GPS module): 24g