[time-nuts] Z3801 Replacement GPS Receiver Card

[Dan Kemppainen]

On 9/17/2012 6:03 PM, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote:
> OK, you can test a VP Oncore GPS receiver alone if you have a mean to
> translate the TTL serial port to a regular RS232 for the PC. This can be
> done with a MAX232 chip (or equivalent). Then the pinout (refer to the

FYI, I've had really good luck with these over the years:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/TTL-232R-5V/768-1028-ND/2003493
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/TTL-232R-3V3/768-1015-ND/1836393

The big thing is the drivers are really well written. The seem to be 
able to talk to anything I point them at. Never found any software 
they don't like (yet) ...

I keep a few around, just in case.

Dan