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Seaner211
 
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GPS Tracking Device

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I want to create a gps tracking device that will send a text message if the gps tracking device is outside of a 4 coordinate box.
Will i be able to do this with the following or am i missing anything else?

https://www.adafruit.com/products/746
https://www.adafruit.com/products/1963
-with a sim card
https://www.adafruit.com/products/50
https://www.adafruit.com/products/353

I also had a crazy idea of recharging the battery with:
https://www.adafruit.com/products/1485? ... aQodhKwANw
https://www.adafruit.com/products/390

Is this stupid or could it work?
Thanks for the help.

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Re: GPS Tracking Device

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The GPS module, FONA, Arduino, and battery should give you all the parts you need for your basic idea, yeah.

The solar panel and charger will work with the LiPo, and the LiPo can provide power for the FONA and GPS module. The Arduino wants 5v though, so you'd be better off using a microcontroller that can run at 3.3v like everything else.

It's possible to modify an Arduino to run at 3.3v (https://learn.adafruit.com/arduino-tips ... conversion), but if you're buying new you might as well get a board that already lives at 3.3v.

The Flora (https://www.adafruit.com/products/659) uses the same microcontroller as an Arduino Leonardo. It handles USB communication with a computer right in the chip and doesn't need a translator chip like the Arduino Uno. There are pros and cons to that, but we know the Flora can do GPS (https://learn.adafruit.com/flora-gps-jacket).

We just released the Pro Trinket (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2010), which uses the same chip as an Uno but is designed to be small and embeddable. It doesn't have the USB-to-UART translation chip an Arduino Uno has, but you can still upload code via USB. What you can't do is use the Arduino IDE's Serial console for debugging output.. at least not without an external translator. We have those too, in breakout form (https://www.adafruit.com/product/284) of built into a cable (https://www.adafruit.com/products/70 -or- https://www.adafruit.com/products/954).

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