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Permalink Reply by David Low on August 29, 2008 at 4:16am

ahh....i had just ordered 2 FV-M8 gps modules...
Hmm, in overall, comments for the FV-M8 (formerly known as EB-85A) are positive.

fyi, the default setting of it is 1Hz, and you need to change it to 5Hz everytime u powered it up unless u have a backup batt or a microC to do the job.
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Permalink Reply by Marty on August 29, 2008 at 5:46am

You can change the startup settings including baud rate using MiniGPS 1.41. Please note that you can only change the firmware between 7-8 times.

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Permalink Reply by David Low on August 29, 2008 at 7:04am

thanks Marty for the info, I don't realize this previously.
hmm, wonder why they impose such limitation(7-8 times)...it would be wonderful if we can change the startup setting as much as we like :)
btw, Marty, are you using this FV-M8(EB-85A) in your UAV? what is your thought regarding this product?
*still waiting for the arrival of my gps modules*

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Permalink Reply by akash on June 6, 2009 at 5:30am

hi all!
1.how should i interface fv-m8 with pc, what all i need to buy along with fv-m8 to get the data displayed in minigps or gps locator utility. circuit diagram is appreciated.

2.i am using avr atmega8 microcontroller for extracting data from fv-m8 and display the contents on lcd. i need help in what all components to be used here along with fv-m8. circuit diagram is appreciated. reply asap.

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Permalink Reply by Dimitris on August 29, 2008 at 7:42am

Well, just informed by Sanav that the receiver is not operating well at all at 5Hz at speeds lower than 7km/h . So we have to set it up at 1Hz !!! So if you need to just hover and retain possition of a heli you must forget 5Hz. For airplane these specifications are not a problem cause it is moving all the time (of course >7km/h).
I still dont know what is happening when you are moving slowly only at vertical direction.

Please give me your experimental results if you have.
I m keeping testing the module and i ll come back when i have more results

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Permalink Reply by MUHAMMAD HUSNI on May 10, 2009 at 6:38am

hi there... Can you email to me MiniGPS 1.41. Since I'm currently use version 1.32 which doesn;t have capability save the data in FLASH...

Please send to uni_utec@yahoo.com

Thanks and regards.

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Permalink Reply by David Low on May 10, 2009 at 6:52am

i am using minigps 1.32, manage to flash the gps unit too :)

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Permalink Reply by tayyab on July 23, 2009 at 7:57am

hi, can any one please provide me the circuit diagram for a quad rotor...

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Permalink Reply by Xander on July 23, 2009 at 11:14am

Perhaps one of these would work better?

Havent used it, but it claims 5Hz and <2.5m accuracy.

I would like to find a gps with a good deal of relative accuracy.

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