nrf9160 DK asset tracker with real GPS data configuration

[Maciek]

Hi, this might be a trivial question but I'm struggling to find the solution. I want to configure the asset tracker application so that it works with real GPS data on the nrf9160 DK 0.8.5 board. As far as I understand it can be done using the kconfig tool. The tool allows to choose "User provided GPS device", however it also requires the device name and I wasn't able to find it anywhere. I tried 'NRF9160_GPS' as it was mentioned somewhere here in the forum, but it doesn't work, or it is not enough - it returns "Could not get NRF9160_GPS device", meaning the device_get_binding() function returned NULL. I would appreciate any tips how to get it working. Thanks.

[Carl Richard]

Hey Maciek!

There are some more steps. Here is a pull request with an asset tracker example that has real GPS support, using the onboard antenna. Though it seems like it fails building right now I still recommend checking it out!
Important files are:

• main.c
• gps_controller.c and .h
• drivers/nRF9160_gps
• drivers/lte_link_control
• prj.conf 
• KConfig

Begin to look at the changes in main and project config.

Hope this helps!

-Carl