DIY GPS device using Arduino Mega #Arduino #DIY

Thanks so much to David for sending in his GPS project to us! Check out more info here and here.

The direction indicator will point to the location corresponding to the latitude and longitude coordinates entered below. The distance is based on a logarithmic scale with more variability the closer you are. I held off on permanently marking on the case the specific distances in case I wanted to change the scale. The power button has a blue LED that indicates when it has a GPS fix.

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