subject: Making A Gps Device At Home [print this page] You can makes a homemade GPS deviceYou can makes a homemade GPS device. It may not seem like it if you are not very technical, but almost anyone with the ability to think and to read is going to be able to put one of these awesome devices together and have a fully functional GPS device.
However, you should not expect to have the best device ever. Thinking that would be a little silly. Chance are if you make the device yourself you are, at best, going to get very simple results for your efforts. You will not be able, for example, to recreate the beauty of a Garmin Nuvi 1300 or a TomTom One. Instead, you will create a very rudimentary GPS device that is just going to be able to find coordinates from the satellites that float in the sky.
As you come to your task the very first thing that you are going to need to do is come up with a plan of attack. There are certainly plenty of tutorials on how to make your own GPS at home, but you will have to find one that uses language that you understand and uses tools that you already own or can get cheaply. Since many GPS device have electric wires and need both an antenna and processing unit these can be a little complex. They also sometimes need specialized tools, such of a soldering gun.
If you are not comfortable using a soldering gun or if handling wires and power supplies seems too dangerous or complex for you then you need to consider whether or not trying to make your own homemade GPS is really the right move for you. While you can learn to do it, you need to get past your own fears and maybe make a few baby steps toward your goal before going after it all out.
Maybe you can build some simple circuit boards or take a class at a local community college that will help give you the basic tools that you need to get the job done. Most Community Colleges are much cheaper than and often have very decent technical programs for those that are interested in learning something new.
That is one of the greatest benefits to being interested in making your own GPS, you get to learn all sorts of new information and new techniques. If you are interested in learning or are a life-long GPS enthusiast then you should really consider making one of your very own at home. You will be able to understand the inner workings of your consumer grade GPS much better and appreciate the craftsmanship that went into your wonderful navigation device.
