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deadprogram 0e2fb829ef gps: improvements and corrections for config commands
This contains some improvements and corrections for the gps driver
It adds some additional functions for different modes (automobile, bike, etc)
and also ignores the return results from any config commands.

Basically due to the fact that there is a constant stream of updates
coming from NMEA messages, the results from sending any UBX commands
are getting lost. Better to just ignore them for now.

Signed-off-by: deadprogram <ron@hybridgroup.com>
2026-01-14 19:55:43 +00:00

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// Package gps provides a driver for GPS receivers over UART and I2C
package gps // import "tinygo.org/x/drivers/gps"
import (
"encoding/hex"
"errors"
"strings"
"time"
"tinygo.org/x/drivers"
)
var (
ErrInvalidNMEASentenceLength = errors.New("invalid NMEA sentence length")
ErrInvalidNMEASentence = errors.New("invalid NMEA sentence format")
ErrEmptyNMEASentence = errors.New("cannot parse empty NMEA sentence")
ErrUnknownNMEASentence = errors.New("unsupported NMEA sentence type")
errInvalidGSVSentence = errors.New("invalid GSV NMEA sentence")
errInvalidGGASentence = errors.New("invalid GGA NMEA sentence")
errInvalidRMCSentence = errors.New("invalid RMC NMEA sentence")
errInvalidGLLSentence = errors.New("invalid GLL NMEA sentence")
errGPSCommandRejected = errors.New("GPS command rejected (NAK)")
errNoACKToGPSCommand = errors.New("no ACK to GPS command")
)
const (
minimumNMEALength = 7
startingDelimiter = '$'
checksumDelimiter = '*'
)
// Device wraps a connection to a GPS device.
type Device struct {
bufIdx int
sentence strings.Builder
uart drivers.UART
bus drivers.I2C
address uint16
buffer [bufferSize]byte
}
// NewUART creates a new UART GPS connection. The UART must already be configured.
func NewUART(uart drivers.UART) Device {
return Device{
uart: uart,
bufIdx: bufferSize,
sentence: strings.Builder{},
}
}
// NewI2C creates a new I2C GPS connection.
// Uses the default i2c address (0x42) for backward compatibility reasons.
func NewI2C(bus drivers.I2C) Device {
return NewI2CWithAddress(bus, I2C_ADDRESS)
}
// NewI2CWithAddress creates a new I2C GPS connection on the provided address
func NewI2CWithAddress(bus drivers.I2C, i2cAddress uint16) Device {
return Device{
bus: bus,
address: i2cAddress,
bufIdx: bufferSize,
sentence: strings.Builder{},
}
}
// NextSentence returns the next valid NMEA sentence from the GPS device.
func (gps *Device) NextSentence() (sentence string, err error) {
sentence = gps.readNextSentence()
if err = validSentence(sentence); err != nil {
return "", err
}
return sentence, nil
}
// readNextSentence returns the next sentence from the GPS device.
func (gps *Device) readNextSentence() (sentence string) {
gps.sentence.Reset()
var b byte = ' '
for b != startingDelimiter {
b = gps.readNextByte()
}
for b != checksumDelimiter {
gps.sentence.WriteByte(b)
b = gps.readNextByte()
}
gps.sentence.WriteByte(b)
gps.sentence.WriteByte(gps.readNextByte())
gps.sentence.WriteByte(gps.readNextByte())
sentence = gps.sentence.String()
return sentence
}
func (gps *Device) readNextByte() (b byte) {
gps.bufIdx += 1
if gps.bufIdx >= bufferSize {
gps.fillBuffer()
}
return gps.buffer[gps.bufIdx]
}
func (gps *Device) fillBuffer() {
if gps.uart != nil {
gps.uartFillBuffer()
} else {
gps.i2cFillBuffer()
}
}
func (gps *Device) uartFillBuffer() {
for gps.uart.Buffered() < bufferSize {
time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
}
gps.uart.Read(gps.buffer[0:bufferSize])
gps.bufIdx = 0
}
func (gps *Device) i2cFillBuffer() {
for gps.available() < bufferSize {
time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
}
gps.bus.Tx(gps.address, []byte{DATA_STREAM_REG}, gps.buffer[0:bufferSize])
gps.bufIdx = 0
}
// Available returns how many bytes of GPS data are currently available.
func (gps *Device) available() (available int) {
var lengthBytes [2]byte
gps.bus.Tx(gps.address, []byte{BYTES_AVAIL_REG}, lengthBytes[0:2])
available = int(lengthBytes[0])*256 + int(lengthBytes[1])
return available
}
// WriteBytes sends data/commands to the GPS device
func (gps *Device) WriteBytes(bytes []byte) {
if gps.uart != nil {
gps.uart.Write(bytes)
} else {
gps.bus.Tx(gps.address, []byte{}, bytes)
}
}
// validSentence checks if a sentence has been received uncorrupted
// For example, a valid NMEA sentence such as this:
// $GPGLL,3751.65,S,14507.36,E*77
// It has to start with a '$' character.
// It has to have a 5 character long sentence identifier.
// It has to end with a '*' character following by a checksum.
func validSentence(sentence string) error {
if len(sentence) < minimumNMEALength || sentence[0] != startingDelimiter || sentence[len(sentence)-3] != checksumDelimiter {
return ErrInvalidNMEASentenceLength
}
var cs byte = 0
for i := 1; i < len(sentence)-3; i++ {
cs ^= sentence[i]
}
checksum := strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString([]byte{cs}))
if checksum != sentence[len(sentence)-2:] {
return ErrInvalidNMEASentence
}
return nil
}