Example: hwdrivers_gps_example

C++ example source code:

/* +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                     Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT)            |
   |                          https://www.mrpt.org/                         |
   |                                                                        |
   | Copyright (c) 2005-2024, Individual contributors, see AUTHORS file     |
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   | Released under BSD License. See: https://www.mrpt.org/License          |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ */

#include <mrpt/config/CConfigFile.h>
#include <mrpt/hwdrivers/CGPSInterface.h>
#include <mrpt/system/filesystem.h>
#include <mrpt/system/os.h>

#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

using namespace mrpt;
using namespace mrpt::obs;
using namespace mrpt::system;
using namespace mrpt::hwdrivers;
using namespace mrpt::config;
using namespace std;

string SERIAL_NAME;  // Name of the serial port to open

// ------------------------------------------------------
//              Test_GPS
// ------------------------------------------------------
void Test_GPS()
{
  CGPSInterface gps;

  string serName;
  cout << "GPS test application." << endl << endl;

  if (mrpt::system::fileExists("./CONFIG_gps.ini"))
  {
    cout << "Using configuration from './CONFIG_gps.ini'" << endl;
    CConfigFile iniFile("./CONFIG_gps.ini");
    gps.loadConfig(iniFile, "GPS");
  }
  else
  {
    if (SERIAL_NAME.empty())
    {
      cout << "Enter the serial port name (e.g. COM1, ttyS0, ttyUSB0, "
              "ttyACM0): ";
      getline(cin, serName);
    }
    else
    {
      cout << "Using serial port: " << SERIAL_NAME << endl;
      serName = SERIAL_NAME;
    }

    // Set the laser serial port:
    gps.setSerialPortName(serName);
  }

  FILE* f = os::fopen("gps_log.txt", "wt");
  if (!f) return;

  while (!mrpt::system::os::kbhit())
  {
    gps.doProcess();
    std::this_thread::sleep_for(500ms);

    const CGenericSensor::TListObservations lstObs = gps.getObservations();

    if (lstObs.empty())
    {
      printf("[Test_GPS] Waiting for data...\n");
    }
    else
    {
      for (const auto& kv : lstObs)
      {
        const auto& obs = kv.second;
        ASSERT_(obs->GetRuntimeClass() == CLASS_ID(CObservationGPS));

        CObservationGPS::Ptr gpsData = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<CObservationGPS>(obs);
        gpsData->dumpToConsole(std::cout);
      }
    }
  }

  os::fclose(f);
}

int main()
{
  try
  {
    Test_GPS();
    return 0;
  }
  catch (const std::exception& e)
  {
    std::cerr << "MRPT error: " << mrpt::exception_to_str(e) << std::endl;
    return -1;
  }
  catch (...)
  {
    printf("Another exception!!");
    return -1;
  }
}