serial

Interesting pins on the Arduino

GPS connected to Raspberry Pi

neo-6mv2-gps-module
Photo of Adafruit GPS connected to pl2303
To re-create the example in the photo -
Red is the power lead for VIN
Black is the GND lead
Space, a gap for RX, as we are not interested, at the moment, in sending data TO the GPS device.
White is the data lead for the data from the GPS to the USB connected device.

USB Serial support registered for pl2303

ultimate GPS
CMD set
schematic - good

The Adafruit GPS generates 3V3 compatible serial signals. The photo shows how it is connected to a PL2303 USB serial converter.
Red wire to VIN
Black wire to GND
White wire to TX

The green wire can be connected to the RX but is not needed to use the GPS as a test serial data generating device...

serial configuration

sudo adduser mikeh dialout

linux serial configuration

MicroControlUnits can often be programmed using ICSP.

Examples of ICSP usage

1. LeoStick Loader - used in Cube
2. PICAXE

tutorial on ICSP