Now we do our conversions just like above. 121.779 / 5280 = .023 miles .94 / 60 / 60 = .000261 hours .023 / .000261 = 88.12 mph. So there you have it! How to calculate how fast you throw a baseball without a radar gun and only a stop watch.
IR Receiver and Remote. An IR receiver can detect bursts of infrared light sent by a common remote controller (like for a television), and then output a pattern of high/low signals to a Propeller I/O pin. This quick tutorial will first show you how to wire up the infrared receiver.
The GPS receiver simply stores an almanac that tells it where every satellite should be at any given time. Things like the pull of the moon and the sun do change the satellites' orbits very slightly, but the Department of Defense constantly monitors their exact positions and transmits any adjustments to all GPS receivers as part of the satellites' signals.