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Description Of A Mobile Gps Device For Geocaching

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CAREER EPISODE 1

a) INTRODUCTION:

THE CHRONOLOGY: August 2014 to November 2014

GEORAPHICAL LOCATION: Mawson Lakes, South Australia

NAME OF THE ORGANISATION: University of South Australia

TITLE: A mobile GPS device for Geocaching

[CE 1.1] This is a career episode which details my experiences and knowledge gained while working on developing a GPS enabled device for a recreational sport called Geocaching as part of my unit of study Embedded system design during my final semester. I worked on this project along with my team mates with whom I shared common interests in the field of my desire. I was guided by my lecturer Dr. Jason White during the whole period of this particular development.

b) BACKGROUND
[CE 1.2] GPS enabled mobile device
I chose embedded system design unit due to my inordinate interest in embedded microcontroller programming. It was one of the requirements of the unit to build a GPS enabled device that meets the specified requirements for its use in the recreational sport Geocaching. Geocaching is a modern day treasure hunting or letterboxing game which basically uses the latest GPS technology to track and find items located in a remote place, with GPS coordinates provided to the user who is playing the game. This sport is gaining a wide popularity among the global audience. As part of the course structure, I was asked to develop a GPS enabled

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