GNSS Receiver Breakout - MAX-M10S (Qwiic) Hookup Guide
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Software Setup and Programming
Note: This example assumes you are using the latest version of the Arduino IDE on your desktop. If this is your first time using Arduino, please review our tutorial on installing the Arduino IDE. If you have not previously installed an Arduino library, please check out our installation guide.
If you've never connected an FTDI or CH340 to your computer before, you may need to install drivers for the USB-to-serial converter. Check out our How to Install FTDI Drivers or How to Install CH340 Drivers tutorial for help with the installation.
If you've never connected an FTDI or CH340 to your computer before, you may need to install drivers for the USB-to-serial converter. Check out our How to Install FTDI Drivers or How to Install CH340 Drivers tutorial for help with the installation.
Note: We support two versions of the SparkFun u-blox GNSS library. Version 2 and Version 3. Version 3 uses the u-blox Configuration Interface (VALSET and VALGET) to configure the module, instead of the deprecated UBX-CFG messages. For modules like the F9 and M10, we recommend upgrading to Version 3. However, older modules like the M8 do not support the Configuration Interface. For those you will need to keep using Version 2 of the library. We will continue to support both.
The SparkFun u-blox Arduino library can be downloaded with the Arduino library manager by searching 'SparkFun u-blox GNSS v3' or you can grab the zip here from the GitHub repository to manually install.
There are several example sketches provided that utilize the I2C bus to get you up and receiving messages from space. We'll go over one of the examples in this tutorial.
Note: Some examples use the 'MicroNMEA' library by Steve Marple. Make sure to install the library as well by searching for it in the Arduino library manager. You could also grab the zip here from the GitHub repository to manually install.
Warning: This tutorial focuses on the Arduino Library for Arduino microcontrollers. Unfortunately for users using it with Python on a Raspberry Pi, the Qwiic (I2C) is not supported in the Python Package due to issues with clock stretching.