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Little Project - Any ideas

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  • 24-10-2009 4:00pm
    #1
    baloonatic
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭


    Hey all,

    When i was in college a project was undertaken to link one of those vodafone or O2 dongles to a satnav so that the satnav would use it to transmit the current gps location to a site which will plot it on google maps.

    Sounds simple but i'm fully aware that it's far more complex. So what i'm wondering is what am i looking for? Do i need a few skills like a .net developer etc.?

    The reason i'm asking is that i would like to advertise it properly. I've put up an advert already but i'm not getting the right people responding. It's just a small project for work but there'd be a few hundred quid for someone in it.

    Any help would be fantastic lads, so let me know what you think,

    Rgds

    Steve


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    randombar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,368 ✭✭✭randombar


    This is definitely not simple and not really related to this forum.

    What you need at a guess is a micro controller to connect the two, I've worked on projects like this myself before.


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    baloonatic
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭baloonatic


    Hey Gary,

    Thanks for the reply, DO you know of any companies / individuals that have done this before? I know it's been done by a couple of colleges alright and at least one manufacturer but i wanted to see if it could be done commercially available electonics with a minimum amount of work.

    Cheers!


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    randombar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,368 ✭✭✭randombar


    I know of a few people that have worked on similar projects in the past, but this was a few years ago now. It can be done commercially with available electronics but I wouldn't say a minimum amount of work.

    1 ) Microcontroller
    2 ) GPS chip for microcontroller
    3 ) Mobile chip for microcontroller
    4 ) Programming the chip to do what you want.


    //Gary


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