Position monitorig

[giovanni balbinot]

I am looking for a easy solution to monitor the velocity of a big object, like a car. My idea is the use of a GPS antenna reading the position at few Hz but I found only a garmin USB GPS antenna on the market. Unfortunately the supplier cannot guarantee that it can be programmed in labvew 8.2.

Do you have any already tested solution for me?

Thank you very much

giovanni balbinot

[yenknip]

As it is a USB device, it will ship with dll libraries. If the manufacturer can supply datasheets on the dll files, you can use the call dll node in LV to control / monitor the device.

[JCC_(SK)]

Some times USB devices creat virtual COM Port in your system. After you could use COM Port communication.

[Adam_U]

What kind of precision are you looking for? The PXI-6682 does position measurement...

[giovanni balbinot]

I don't need high resolution. Even 10 meters could be fine. But the system should be very small and a PXI crate seems to me too big and heavy. I would need also a mains cable and I would prefer to avoid it.

thank you

giovanni

[MattBradley]

I have a GPS antenna from Rand McNally (that was the name on it!) that hooks up to a serial port.  I got it in 2001, so you could probably get one pretty cheap.