LwGPS documentation

Welcome to the documentation for version .

LwGPS is lightweight, platform independent library to parse NMEA statements from GPS receivers. It is highly optimized for embedded systems.

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Features

Written in ANSI C99
Platform independent, easy to use
Built-in support for 4 GPS statements
- GPGGA or GNGGA: GPS fix data
- GPGSA or GNGSA: GPS active satellites and dillusion of position
- GPGSV or GNGSV: List of satellites in view zone
- GPRMC or GNRMC: Recommended minimum specific GPS/Transit data
Optional float or double floating point units
Low-level layer is separated from application layer, thus allows you to add custom communication with GPS device
Works with operating systems
Works with different communication interfaces
User friendly MIT license

Requirements

C compiler
Driver for receiving data from GPS receiver
Few kB of non-volatile memory

Contribute

Fresh contributions are always welcome. Simple instructions to proceed:

Fork Github repository
Respect C style & coding rules used by the library
Create a pull request to develop branch with new features or bug fixes

Alternatively you may:

Report a bug
Ask for a feature request

License

../LICENSE

Table of contents

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