Open-Source on Chief Dennis' Bloghttps://chiefdennis.github.io/tags/open-source/Recent content in Open-Source on Chief Dennis' BlogHugoenFri, 29 Dec 2023 15:43:16 +0100GPS NMEA TCP/IP stream to COM port via com0com and com2tcphttps://chiefdennis.github.io/projects/nmea_ip_to_google_earth/Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:43:16 +0100https://chiefdennis.github.io/projects/nmea_ip_to_google_earth/<p>In this project we will explore how we can serve TCP/IP data coming in through an open port, and turn it into a virtual serial port or COM port. In this case, I have a router that has an internal GPS that can serve the NMEA sentences to a given IP and port via TCP/IP. However, most programs that use GPS (like Google Earth) do it through a COM port. So, how can we &rsquo;translate&rsquo; the TCP/IP data into a serial COM stream?</p>