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Old 03-02-2010, 04:05 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Weather Spotter View Post
I have a Matrix with a scangauge and a cheep garman GPS unit. would that work or do I need to buy another GPS unit?
That depends on whether the Garmin outputs to a serial port, and whether it outputs a pulse-per-second signal. Do you have the model # handy?

If it does output to a serial port, and not USB, then you'll still need one additional chip. It's called a MAX233, and you can get them for free as a sample from Maxim. Very easy to wire up.
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