Took the bike out with working GPS and new center iPhone mount. It all worked after 5 minutes of futzing around waiting for networking, waiting for
GPS syncing, waiting to go back inside to get the Bluetooth GPS, and then barely being able to see the iPhone display in the brightish overcast sky. Getting a 10K+ reading on the odometer and loosing the "persistent" settings did not turn me on either.
SO its cool it all worked as a technical marvel, but its just too much. Wifi, Bluetooth, Satellites, iPhone, Arm computers, but the silly Cateye bicycle computer is the only one I didn't need to fawn over or reboot, or even recharge - it just worked. I miss the big round gauges and analog needles that don't fade in glare. I hate that the iPhone doesn't work without taking off my gloves. I impatiently waiting for the GPS to be found and make sure the Wifi is up to talk to the pouty iPhone.
Back to the drawing board! Goal now is to get the Arduino driving analog gauges and replace the ARM computer completely. Maybe in stages, but its just too much right now.
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