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== Homemade GPS Receiver ==
This is relevant to both the monarch butterfly tracking project and the drones project. The goal would be to attempt to build a highly accurate GPS receiver from scratch, and then potentially modify the circuitry to improve efficiency and compactness to suit the needs of a broad range of projects.

=== Relevant Links: ===
 * Circuitry and Open Source Code by Andrew Holmes: http://www.holmea.demon.co.uk/GPS/Main.htm
 * Circuitry and Open Source Code for Real Time Kinematic GPS by Takasu/Yasuda of Tokyo University: http://gpspp.sakura.ne.jp/rtklib/rtklib_beagleboard.htm

=== People ===
 * Ayah Almousa
 * Ahmed Saif

=== Tasks ===
 * Understanding FPGAs

Resources for FPGAs: [[http://www-old.physics.wisc.edu/undergrads/courses/fall2011/623/exp/fpga1.pdf|Physics 623 Guide 1]], [[http://www-old.physics.wisc.edu/undergrads/courses/fall2011/623/exp/fpga2.pdf|Physics 623 Guide 2]], [[http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1274593|How to Design an FPGA from Scratch]]

 * Learning to Program in C

Resources: [[http://www.cprogramming.com/|CProgramming.com]], [[http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-087-practical-programming-in-c-january-iap-2010/index.htm|MIT OCW]]