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Written by Wayne Truchsess
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Monday, 28 May 2012 19:19 |
As most of you know, the open source tracking device we've been working on here at DSS Circuits has been looking for a name.
Well I'm happy to announce, that after reading through several hundred entries, we've chosen a winner!

Congratulations goes out to Austin Saint Aubin for his entry, the Geogram ONE. Austin is now (well actually when they roll off the production line) the proud owner of a new Geogram ONE.
I'd also like to send a special thanks to everyone that contributed to this project on Kickstarter.
I hope to have all the source files available soon as I'm looking at putting a Wiki together for everything.
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Last Updated on Monday, 28 May 2012 21:01 |
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Looks like I was a little late... Can I still purchase the kits...? If yes when might they be available...?
Can't wait to test how it works.
Any chance for source in short future?
I anticipate the finalizing of the firmware to be the gating factor for the final release date. With that being said I will probably offer the Geogram ONE for sale prior to finishing the firmware. Reason being is, besides being a tracking device, it's also a fully functioning Arduino based development platform so if you have access to a 3.3v FTDI cable or an ISP programmer you can upload the final firmware or reprogram the device to suit your needs.
Question: is it modular somewhat so we can integrate it into our own applications? Esp. need interface for connecting with an alarm device (for e-bike).
Hope so, as would love to implement a single keyfob activate / deactivate flow, so activating an audible alarm (with it's own motion sensor), also arms this device's motion sensor.
I wish I had an exact date but they're at the manufacturer now. I'm really hoping to have them in in a week or two. We had a delay because of problem with a bad batch of fuel gauge chips. That issue has been resolved.
Actually the hardware serial port on the Arduino (3.3v) is connected to the GPS because I wanted to use a baud rate of 115k from the GPS. I have the Arduino connected to the SIM900 using the AltSoftSerial library. I just realized as I'm typing this I never posted a link to the Eagle files. You can find the Eagle files on Github here https://github.com/DSSCircuits/GeogramONE. I'm still new to using Github so the code is not the latest and greatest.
Wayne, thanks for share.
I asked because SIM900 works with 2.8v on serial port and the max limit of RX is 3.0v (sim900_serial_ port_applicatio n_note_v1.03.pdf). The max limit of VDD_EXT is 2.95v.
Thanks, Evandro
Also will it have a microphone input and audio output pins?
Options might be too late for this production but maybe on the next revision. I would really like these options as this device can be used for many purposes, not just tracking.
The default sketch (firmware) gives you basic control over digital pins D4 and D10 along with 4 analog input pins (3 of which can double as digital IO). Obviously, since the whole thing is open source you can hack away at the code and come up with a completely different application. This is also why I broke out the I2C pins and why I broke out the ICSP connector. Having the ICSP connector available (along with D10 if necessary) gives you access to the SPI bus. As for microphone input and audio output, the default sketch does not support them, however I did breakout the pins for Mic In and Speaker Out from the GSM module for anyone that wants to use them later on.
I know the device is being sold as a tracking device but it's really a complete development board that comes preloaded with a tracking device sketch and is capable of so much more. For instance, the sketch uses SMS messages to communicate but that's not to say someone with some more programming experience can't get it to work with GPRS and communicate over a server for real time data instead. I'm really excited to see what kinds of applications people are going to come up with. Probably why I want to have another contest to see who comes up with the coolest application...probably give away some free boards!
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