/* Use ESP32 WiFi to get SPARTN data from PointPerfect (broker) as a Client By: u-blox AG / Michael Ammann Date: January 27th, 2022 License: MIT. See license file for more information but you can basically do whatever you want with this code. This example shows how to obtain SPARTN data from a PointPerfect Broker over WiFi and push it over I2C to a ZED-F9x. It's confusing, but the Arduino is acting as a 'client' to the PointPerfect SSR correction service. You will need to have a valid u-blox Thingstream account and have a PointPerfect Thing and payed plan. Thingstream offers SSR corrections to SPARTN capable RTK receivers such as the u-blox ZED-F9 series in continental Europe and US. Their Network is planned to be expanded to other regions over the next years. To sign up, go to: https://portal.thingstream.io/app/location-services/things This is a proof of concept to show how to connect via MQTT to get SPARTN SSR correction. Using WiFi for a rover is generally a bad idea because of limited WiFi range in the field. You may use this exmaple in combination with a cell phone with hotspot mode enabled. For more information about MQTT, SPARTN and PointPerfect Correction Services please see: https://www.u-blox.com/en/product/pointperfect Feel like supporting open source hardware? Buy a board from SparkFun! ZED-F9P RTK2: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/16481 RTK Surveyor: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/18443 RTK Express: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/18442 Recommended Hardware: MicroMod GNSS Carrier Board: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/17722 ESP32 Micromod https://www.sparkfun.com/products/16781 Hardware Connections: Plug a Qwiic cable into the GNSS and a ESP32 Thing Plus If you don't have a platform with a Qwiic connection use the SparkFun Qwiic Breadboard Jumper (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14425) Open the serial monitor at 115200 baud to see the output */ #include #include #include // Click here to get the library: http://librarymanager/All#ArduinoMqttClient #include "secrets.h" #include // Click here to get the library: http://librarymanager/All#SparkFun_u-blox_GNSS SFE_UBLOX_GNSS myGNSS; //Global variables //=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= long lastReceived_ms = 0; //5 RTCM messages take approximately ~300ms to arrive at 115200bps int maxTimeBeforeHangup_ms = 10000; //If we fail to get a complete RTCM frame after 10s, then disconnect from caster //=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); while (!Serial); Serial.println(F("PointPerfect testing")); Wire.begin(); //Start I2C if (myGNSS.begin() == false) //Connect to the Ublox module using Wire port { Serial.println(F("u-blox GPS not detected at default I2C address. Please check wiring. Freezing.")); while (1); } Serial.println(F("u-blox module connected")); myGNSS.setI2COutput(COM_TYPE_UBX); //Turn off NMEA noise myGNSS.setPortInput(COM_PORT_I2C, COM_TYPE_UBX | COM_TYPE_NMEA | COM_TYPE_SPARTN); // Be sure SPARTN input is enabled. myGNSS.setNavigationFrequency(1); //Set output in Hz. Serial.print(F("Connecting to local WiFi")); WiFi.begin(ssid, password); while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(500); Serial.print(F(".")); } Serial.println(); Serial.print(F("WiFi connected with IP: ")); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); while (Serial.available()) Serial.read(); } void loop() { if (Serial.available()) { beginClient(); while (Serial.available()) Serial.read(); //Empty buffer of any newline chars } Serial.println(F("Press any key to start MQTT/SPARTN Client.")); delay(1000); } WiFiClientSecure wifiClient = WiFiClientSecure(); MqttClient mqttClient(wifiClient); void mqttMessageHandler(int messageSize) { uint8_t spartnData[512 * 4]; //Most incoming data is around 500 bytes but may be larger int spartnCount = 0; Serial.print(F("Pushed data from ")); Serial.print(mqttClient.messageTopic()); Serial.println(F(" topic to ZED")); while (mqttClient.available()) { char ch = mqttClient.read(); //Serial.write(ch); //Pipe to serial port is fine but beware, it's a lot of binary data spartnData[spartnCount++] = ch; if (spartnCount == sizeof(spartnData)) break; } if (spartnCount > 0) { //Push KEYS or SPARTN data to GNSS module over I2C myGNSS.pushRawData(spartnData, spartnCount, false); lastReceived_ms = millis(); } } //Connect to STARTN MQTT broker, receive RTCM, and push to ZED module over I2C void beginClient() { Serial.println(F("Subscribing to Broker. Press key to stop")); delay(10); //Wait for any serial to arrive while (Serial.available()) Serial.read(); //Flush while (Serial.available() == 0) { //Connect if we are not already if (wifiClient.connected() == false) { // Connect to AWS IoT wifiClient.setCACert(AWS_CERT_CA); wifiClient.setCertificate(AWS_CERT_CRT); wifiClient.setPrivateKey(AWS_CERT_PRIVATE); if (!mqttClient.connect(AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT, AWS_IOT_PORT)) { Serial.print(F("MQTT connection failed! Error code = ")); Serial.println(mqttClient.connectError()); return; } else { Serial.println(F("You're connected to the PointPerfect MQTT broker: ")); Serial.println(AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT); // Subscribe to MQTT and register a callback Serial.println(F("Subscribe to Topics")); mqttClient.onMessage(mqttMessageHandler); mqttClient.subscribe(MQTT_TOPIC_KEY); mqttClient.subscribe(MQTT_TOPIC_SPARTN); lastReceived_ms = millis(); } //End attempt to connect } //End connected == false else { mqttClient.poll(); } //Close socket if we don't have new data for 10s if (millis() - lastReceived_ms > maxTimeBeforeHangup_ms) { Serial.println(F("SPARTN timeout. Disconnecting...")); if (mqttClient.connected() == true) mqttClient.stop(); return; } delay(10); } Serial.println(F("User pressed a key")); Serial.println(F("Disconnecting...")); wifiClient.stop(); }