GPS based speedometer

Started by He Man, July 09, 2010, 05:32:41 AM

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supertjeduc

I think Apple is about the only good thing that's come out of the USA [beer]

Smitty

#16
check here there is a lot of samples.
(how much you wanna pay)? http://www.thefind.com/electronics/info-gps-speedometer#page=3
You can start at page 1 but here are a few examples. You can seek out speedometer healer, it can correct your current speed O.
http://www.healtech-electronics.com/

Tim

Drunken Monkey

But what happened to the magic thing we were talking about?  ;D

Out of curiousness,  what is the sampling rate on a GPS receiver? Is it enough to get a 1/2 sec accurate reading?
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Kopfjager

Quote from: supertjeduc on July 12, 2010, 05:34:45 AM
I think Apple is about the only good thing that's come out of the USA [beer]

Que?  [roll]
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Monsterlover

Here's what I use.

Garmin on a ram mount on the KTM



Works pretty good, and works well even in sunlight.

Fully gasketed and has survived torrential rain riding and works with gloves on.

It's a 2720 I think.  I got it for $180 about 5 years ago, refurbished.  They're probably $100 now, if that.
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He Man

Quote from: Drunken Monkey on July 12, 2010, 10:44:56 PM
But what happened to the magic thing we were talking about?  ;D

Out of curiousness,  what is the sampling rate on a GPS receiver? Is it enough to get a 1/2 sec accurate reading?

The ones posted were all either

5 times a second, or once every second or once every  seconds.