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Issue 115, February 2000
Launching the Roboat—Navigation by GPS and Digital Compass

by Ricardo Rocca

Riccardo's first-prize-winning Design 99 project tests the feasibility of an autonomous GPS-guided model. Step aboard for this stem-to-stern review of everything from the details of construction to the software required for its maiden voyage.

Start • Mecahnical Assembly • GPS - Digital Compass • Proportional Servo • Circuit Description • Software • Test Modes • Crossing the Atlantic • Sources

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Sources

GPS25, GA27
Garmin International, Inc.
(913) 397-8200
Fax: (913) 397-8282
www.garmin.com

6100 digital compass sensor analog
Pewatron AG
+41-1-830-2944
Fax: +41-1-830-5157
www.pewatron.com

MC68HC908GP20CFB
Motorola
(512) 328-2268
Fax: (512) 891-4465
www.mot-sps.com

Proportional servo
Futaba Corp. of America
(847) 884-1444
www.futaba.com

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