Youtube user KDG86 has made quite a few interesting projects. This Wireless GPS Project is nice and simple but have lots of cool possibilities. He is using a GPS module that outputs RS-232, this signal is connected to a wireless transmitter. A receiver is then used to get the data into a computer. Since it is RS-232 all you need is a terminal program to have a look. He then takes some of the raw data and with one copy and paste his exact location is zoomed into by Google Earth.
Instead of a computer I would feed it into a microcontroller and have it warn me when I am coming close to one of the red light cameras that seem to be everywhere where I live. 🙁
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Alan: You need to look into Trapster–a service that you run on your mobile phone that will alert you when you are coming up on a traffic camera.
I don’t work for them, BTW. 😛
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Thanks, that looks like a great idea!
http://www.trapster.com/
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I assume it’s all legal but high intensity IR does thwart some cameras. A clear plastic cover direct the IR and will look like something reflecting off of it.
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i think it,s a great post.
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Hi, I have used a BT GPS (the kind you would use for pocket PC) for a project I finished recently. The nice thing is that it maps back on the PC equipped with BT dongle simply as another RS-232. Getting hold of the GPRMC sentences becomes then much simpler.
It might not sound as challenging as building your own wireless T/R but it is worth considering.
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hi,its a real good project…awsm
hey i wanted details bout this project plz…with neccesory block diagrams,circuit diagrams,component list,source codes,Litrally everything u have…i wana do a project on it..m from india…plz
ne project related to Wireless communication plz send me….
n plz give me ne info needed….thanx alot…
aniruddhark@rediffmail.com
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Hi anirudddha,
You will have to contact the creator directly (via Youtube).