USB GPS for PDA

backlund · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2004 Posts: 3

I have a USB GPS receiver that I have been using on my laptop for quite some time. I'm looking into replacing my laptop with a pocket pc for easy use when traveling. Can anyone suggest some PDA's that a USB GPS receiver can be hooked up to? Is there an adapter that is needed? I don't want to purchase anything until I fully understand what I'm getting myself into. Thanks!

Pc-Mobile · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:

In theory, you can connect a USB GPS to a PDA with USB host capability (if you have the correct driver for the GPS).

In practice, connecting USB GPS to a PDA does not work. There are many problems, the major one of which is that the GPS must draw power from its host and the PDA can never provide enough power to do such job.

If you can find a way to power the GPS other than drawing power from PDA, it may work.

But USB GPS is not designed to draw power other than from the USB port.

So I would suggest you find other alternatives.
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backlund · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2004 Posts: 3

I had thought that, but wasn't sure. The main reason I asked is because the USB GPS receiver I have came with Pocket PC drivers, but I never could figure out a way to hook it up. Probably some obscure model of Pocket PC has a gps port or something, would be my guess. Now that my question has been answered, I will be on the hunt for a normal Pocket PC and maybe a bluetooth or CF gps receiver. Thanks for the help!!!

backlund · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2004 Posts: 3

Correction! The USB GPS came with Windows CE drivers. THis is why I had assumed it was for IPAQ's, etc. Since they haven't used anything called Windows CE in a number of years now, it is probably for really old pocket pc's that had usb ports or something.

Pc-Mobile · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:55 am Post subject:

The driver is included because the disk is supplied with all models.
Your model is just for PC.

The driver must be used for PDAs with USB host capability like some Toshiba models.
Those must be supplied with the combined interface/cigar lighter lead which must be powered from car so power is not the issue.
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