Vk-172 Driver < RECOMMENDED >

dmesg | tail -20 You should see output similar to:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER Log out and back in. vk-172 driver

sudo cat /dev/ttyACM0 (Output example: $GPGGA,123519,4807.038,N,01131.000,E,1,08,0.9,545.4,M,46.9,M,,*47 ) dmesg | tail -20 You should see output

The VK-172 is a low-cost, low-power USB GPS dongle that uses a u-blox 7-series or 8-series chipset (often referred to as a "G-mouse"). It does not require a proprietary driver in most modern operating systems because it conforms to the USB CDC ACM (Communications Device Class Abstract Control Model) standard. This means it typically appears as a serial port. This means it typically appears as a serial port

usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd usb 1-1.2: Product: u-blox 7 - GPS/GNSS Receiver cdc_acm 1-1.2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device The device will be created as /dev/ttyACM0 or /dev/ttyUSB0 . Check with:

If it shows as an unknown device, download the u-blox Virtual COM Port Driver from the official u-blox website or use a generic USB CDC ACM driver.