Read GPS GPRMC sentence from BeagleBone Blue using GPS Receiver - EM-506

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)