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very cool. just ordered it. now, just need wait for it to arrive, make me a custom serial cable and get the balls to soder for the first time. then i will have gps on my empeg. heh.

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I'm almost ashamed to admit I didn't solder when assembling my gps unit at all (except for attaching wires to the 7805). I just stripped wires and twisted them together and isolated them up with electrical tape. The end result is my gps unit looks like crap but it works, sometimes a joint does come undone though...