GPS input options

[N733YD]

My D180 nicely accepts GPS input from my IFLy 740 and does great with input from my SL30. Unfortunately the 740 was destroyed in a recent crash along with the plane it was in.

New plane also has the D189 & D100 combo. It will have a new Garmin GNC 255A to get NAV data from. This time I intend to use Foreflight running on an IPad and use the Stratus hardware to drive it for ADS-B in features. The simplest option for this for the ADS-B out is also to use the Aveo/Stratus out only transponder with its internal WAAS GPS. But I don't think it has a port to serial cable the GPS to the D180.

Alternately I can buy the Garmin GTX335 out only with its internal GPS but I don't know if it can port out GPs data to the D180 either.

Has anyone out there ever streamed the output from an IPad running either Foreflight or IFLy out of the USB to the serial connector  special cable into the D180?

If moving data from one of those is not n option, What options do I have for the simplest cheapest GPS input into my D180/D100? Plenty of wireless GPS receivers out there but my issue isn't getting GPS it is getting it into the D180 serial without buying another GPS that I won't need.

Looking for ideas
Sam McNair
Ssm6791@gmail.com

 

[Raymo]

I would suggest you pick up a used Dynon GPS-250 antenna for the D180. They are often sold for less than 1/2 the cost of new (less than $100) when someone installs the GPS-2020 in its place.

This would give you redundant GPS as well.

 

[Dynon]

The SV-GPS-250 is not compatible with the D180 (its baud rate is too high). But we now have an SV-GPS-251 available that is.

 

[Raymo]

I could not locate the 251 via the link above but found it via search on that page.

http://www.dynonstore.com/#!/Dynon-...Antenna-Module-for-D10-D100-Series/p/68959644

 

[dynonsupport]

Sam,
One thing to be clear about as well- a simple GPS like the 251 into a D180 will only give you a few bits of information, such as winds aloft, GPS ground track, and fuel economy. The D180 does not have a database inside, so you can't tell the AP to fly to a specific point without a moving map product like the iFly was.

We often call it "GPS" in aviation, but there really are two products: a GPS position sensor which only detects where you are in the world, and a "moving map" which takes that and does all the database and display work. Most moving maps have an integral position sensor, so we've kind of gotten used to just calling them a GPS.