Tiny-GPS I²C interface

by Stefan Tomanek <[email protected]>

Using this software, your handy little ATTiny 2313/4313 starts reading NMEA
sentences from a serial GPS receiver connected to its RXD pin. These sentences
are interpreted and stored in RAM, where the data can be accessed via the
I²C/TWI bus connected to the SCL (PB7) and SDA (PB5) pins.

Currently, only the GPGGA and GPRMC sentences are interpreted; the data is
accessible in the following format (see nav_data_t in nav_structs.h and
nmea_data_t in nmea_structs.h):

byte	content
0	bit flags (from lsb to msb):
	0 NMEA signal is valid (1<<NMEA_RMC_FLAGS_STATUS_OK)
	1 latitude alignment North (1<<NMEA_RMC_FLAGS_LAT_NORTH)
	2 longitude alignment East (1<<NMEA_RMC_FLAGS_LON_EAST)

1	day
2	month
3	year (2 digits)
4	hour
5	minute
6	second
7	latitude degrees
8	latitude minutes
9/10	latitude fractions of a minute, BCD format
11	longitude degrees
12	longitude minutes
13/14	longitude fractions of a minute, BCD format
15/16	altitude in m (signed, 16 bit)
17	altitude fractions of metres, BCD format
18	signal quality
19	number of satellites used

Additionaly, a sonar device can be connected to PD2 (trigger) and PD6/ICP
(echo): when configured, the controller continuously uses the ultrasonic sensor
to measure the distance to any obstacle in direction of the device, which is
offered via TWI and presented in cm.

20/21	distance in cm (unsigned, 16 bit)

An optical flow sensor can also be fitted to the controller via PA0 (CLK) and
PA1 (DIO); the detected movement is accumulated in the optical_data_t struct
accessible via TWI, the registers are cleared once the entire nav_data_t struct
is read.

22/23	movement in x direction (signed, 16 bit)
24/25	movement in y direction (signed, 16 bit)

The default I²C address is 0x11 and can be changed by editing 'config.h'.

The controller polls the GPS receiver with the baud rate of 38400 bps, which is
also configurable.

To enable reliable TWI communication at 400kHz, the controller has to be clocked at
8 MHz (using the internal RC oscillator is fine).

When using multiple sensors, employing an ATTiny4313 controller (due to
flash/SRAM constraints of the 2313) is _highly_ recommended.


Wiring:

                 .--v--.
                -|     |- VCC
          GPS <--|  T  |--> I²C SCL
                -|  i  |--> Optical CSEL
  Optical DIO <--|  n  |--> I²C SDA
  Optical CLK <--|  y  |-
Sonar Trigger <--|  4  |-
                -|  3  |-
                -|  1  |-
                -|  3  |-
            GND -|     |--> Sonar Echo
                 `-----´