[time-nuts] Z3801 Replacement GPS Receiver Card

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If you go the eBay route, the FTDI chip set (as mentioned in the links
below) is very much the one you want to get. There are several other chip
sets out there. I have yet to see one that's as solid as the FTDI's.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Don Latham
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:35 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Z3801 Replacement GPS Receiver Card

TTL to USB serial adapters on ebay for very reasonable.
Don

Dan Kemppainen
>
> On 9/17/2012 6:03 PM, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote:
>> OK, you can test a VP Oncore GPS receiver alone if you have a mean to
>> translate the TTL serial port to a regular RS232 for the PC. This can
>> be
>> done with a MAX232 chip (or equivalent). Then the pinout (refer to the
>
> FYI, I've had really good luck with these over the years:
> http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/TTL-232R-5V/768-1028-ND/2003493
> http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/TTL-232R-3V3/768-1015-ND/1836393
>
> The big thing is the drivers are really well written. The seem to be
> able to talk to anything I point them at. Never found any software
> they don't like (yet) ...
>
> I keep a few around, just in case.
>
> Dan
>
>
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