Oak

🌳 Outdoor LoRa-GPS tracker with E-Ink display 🔑

power 18650
wireless LoRa,
sensor GPS, E-Ink
mcu SAMD21G18
bom items 82
bom cost USD $78.93
vendors 6
completed July 2022

GPS hello world without a fix

gps PA1010D UART TX RX easy

Test GPS sensor PA1010D with UART without any GPS Fix yet


Steps

  1. Plug in the Oak PCB to the computer
  2. (Option A) Ensure the PCB can be detected with ls -al /dev/cu.usbmodem and arduino-cli board list. Run make to compile and upload the code to the board. (Option A) Ensure the PCB can be detected with <code>ls -al /dev/cu.usbmodem</code> and <code>arduino-cli board list</code>. Run <code>make</code> to compile and upload the code to the board.
  3. (Option B) Ensure the board can be detected with Arduino IDE. Compile and upload the code to the board. (Option B) Ensure the board can be detected with Arduino IDE. Compile and upload the code to the board.

Serial console

Serial output from the firmware.

Schematic

Wire up the hardware accordingly

 setup

Code

Download code
#define GPSSerial Serial1
#define GPSRST 3

void setup() {
  SerialUSB.begin(9600);
  GPSSerial.begin(9600);

  SerialUSB.println("Starting GPS with UART...");

  pinMode(GPSRST, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(GPSRST, HIGH);
}

void loop() {
  if (SerialUSB.available()) {
    char c = SerialUSB.read();
    GPSSerial.write(c);
  }
  if (GPSSerial.available()) {
    char c = GPSSerial.read();
    SerialUSB.write(c);
  }
}

Makefile

BOARD?=hutscape:samd:oak
PORT := $(shell ls /dev/cu.usbmodem*)
BUILD=build

.PHONY: default lint all flash clean

default: lint all flash clean

lint:
	cpplint --extensions=ino --filter=-legal/copyright,-whitespace/line_length,-readability/casting,-readability/todo *.ino

all:
	arduino-cli compile --fqbn $(BOARD) --output-dir $(BUILD) ./

flash:
	arduino-cli upload -p $(PORT) --fqbn $(BOARD) --input-dir $(BUILD) --verbose

clean:
	rm -r build

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