Last night was a big win for me. I was able to integrate the GPS code in to the existing logging code and it works :) All is pushed to GIT and I even released it as an Alpha so others can use it right away.
I will be using the same codebase and schematic files for BOTH the air and ground based units. The only difference will be that I will likely omit the OLED display on the air unit to save weight. I may add battery and voltage regulators later but for now I will keep them external as it is much easier and the planes already have Vref supply on board.
Right now it:
- Detects all Beacons and their mac addresses within range
- Detects All AP's in range
- Gets GPS Lat/Long positioning
- Gets GPS UTC Time
- Logs all the above to the SD card .csv file every time any device detected changes
- Displays the number of clients detected, APs detected, time and Lat/Long on the OLED screen live.
YAY!
I actually didnt think I would get this far. It works great and although not as good as sniffing the cellular data packets- this indeed works for a budget price of just a few bucks. Next I think I will try testing out the UAV/Drone autonomous flight modes this weekend if the weather is good. Then more work on the schematic files and a custom PCB I think.
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