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quote:Originally posted by fig: Since we are posing questions, how much electronic noise does lightning emit? On my flight a few weeks ago, we were landing in Denver, and there was a lot of lightning in the general area, and a lot close to the plane. I would think if anything would mess with electronics, it would be a nice bolt of high voltage electricity. Or is lightning high current? I can't remember. Fig I work for a company that provides communication/navigation to the airframers and the government. Planes are designed to dissipate lighting strikes, further ALL "critical" (and virtually all non-critical) flight instruments are designed to withstand lightining strikes (usually through the connectors). Planes are commonly hit by lighting and you never know it.

Juanbob, The data rate ("speed") is indeed limited by the serial interface of the GPSR. The only advantage to USB is it's more convenient.

Juanbob, The data rate ("speed") is indeed limited by the serial interface of the GPSR. The only advantage to USB is it's more convenient.