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I picked up a GPS reciever the other day, one that interfaces into the
serial port of my laptop, and sends the info across that. well, it only
lasts a little while on the batteries (4 AAA, which, not to my surprise, are
expensive... compared to others)... I popped it open, and of course, there's
not much in it, but, what I was wanting to know, is there a way, for me to
set a signal high on the serial port, so I could get the required +5-6V that
it needs for power? I was reading around, and the serial port, according to
a few websites, gives off a +3-25V... which either will cause the GPS to not
do anything(lack of power) or fry in a cloud of smoke (25V), and end up in
me blubbering over the $150 I spent for it... Since there's not an extreme
amount of room, definitly not enough for a +5 voltage regulator, unless it's
surface mount, any ideas on how I could get it to work?
-jeff
jeffd@wwnet.net
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