[Ovmsdev] GPS / NMEA integration

[Michael Balzer]

I found a used passive antenna on ebay just slightly above the AliExpress price incl. shipping.

I'll test that antenna before trying to mod my board, but I hope support for active antennas can be added. They are really rare & expensive.

Regards,
Michael


Am 11.12.2017 um 02:47 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
> It is designed for passive antenna at the moment (I think they just took the default diagram for SIM5360). I have asked them to make a change in production
> version to switch to use active antenna circuit. Much easier to find active antennas, and they are half the price of the passive ones.
>
> The existing boards are fairly easy to ‘mod’, if required. Seems to be just a 47nH + 10R in series between antenna and VDD (3.xV).
>
> Or just use a passive antenna. Something like this?
>
>     https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Passive-GPS-antenna-Frequency-1575-42MHZ-SMA-J-connector-1-5M-SMA-GPS-Passive-Antenna-2PCS/32588132155.html
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