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Read GPS GPRMC sentence from BeagleBone Blue using GPS Receiver - EM-506
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get_gps_data.py
import time
import serial
gps_data = ""
utf_data = ""
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyO2', 4800)
counter = 0
while utf_data.find("GPRMC") == -1:
counter += 1
try:
ser_data = ser.readline()
utf_data = ser_data.decode()
except:
utf_data = ""
time.sleep(0.5)
if counter > 50:
break
ser.close()
if utf_data.find("GPRMC") != -1:
utf_data = utf_data.replace('\r', '')
utf_data = utf_data.replace('\n', '')
gps_data = utf_data
print(gps_data)
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