gps and autonomous car

[losojnr]

Hello guys.....I am doing a project on autonomous vehicles and I need to use GPS to monitor and direct the car through labview. But I am confused, as I am a beginner with labview. Can anyone please help me on how to create the VI as in what steps and procedures. If anyone has done this project before, pls kindly send or post the VI you used so I can use it as a guide.

Thanx...your opinions will be appreciated.

[Chris_Garratt_NIUK]

Hi losojnr,

I will point you to some resources to get you started with LabVIEW and also try and include some links which might help you get started on the GPS side of things:

The links on the following page should give you all the information you need to get started with LabVIEW. Have a read through these and play around with LabVIEW and if you have some more specific questions feel free to post back.

LabVIEW Basics

Some GPS Resources:

GPS Receiver

GPS Gather Example

Good luck!

Best Regards,

Chris

[losojnr1]

am using a gps sensor called SERES from csi....ever heard of it? i can connect it to my laptop thru a usb port so do i still need VISA?

[Chris_Garratt_NIUK]

Hi losojnr1,

From my experience with GPS sensors I think you will need to install VISA. You will communicate with the GPS via VISA strings so you will need to be able to use these in LabVIEW. The driver will install all the necessary functions for VISA communications.

Regards,

Chris

[losojnr1]

ok thanks.

Sorry for bothering but also, do i connect the gps reciever to compactrio first and the connect the rio to laptop or can i just connect the gps to laptop directly without the compacrtio... i am asking this because i saw on some forum that you not no need the compactrio if you have a RS232 cable. This is a bit confusing. Does using the comoactrio have any advantage?