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The Garmin 496...a teenager's review



 
 
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Old July 9th 07, 12:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dylan Smith
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Default The Garmin 496...a teenager's review

On 2007-07-06, NW_Pilot wrote:
and knock them off for only a few hundred dollars? Hell I could crack/dump
their their os in a few days and would give me an excuse to get my SMT
rework / device programming equipment out of the attic.


If you want to make a better GPS, Sparkfun Electronics sells all the
parts with handy breakout boards for prototyping. An ARM7 based mcu
should have enough power and even in quantites of 1 is around $10 or so.

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