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If budget is ok, spend more and get less headache.

You will need a power supply and a RS232 chip.

So, how do you enjoy this GPS module these days?

Have you got the issue all figured out?

Is the via created by the machine? They all look small.
A few more questions:
1. How do you secure good contacts on the vias.
2. Any experience on Solder-ability of the PCB without paste-mask on t ...

CAN has been widely used in auto and truck industry, you can pick up the FMS standard or bus-FMS standard and implement some parameter, such as wheel load in the following photo:
http://images.elektr ...

Here is one more CAN simulator for reference:
Au Truck / Bus Fleet Management System (FMS) simulator:
http://images.elektroda.net/87_1248118953.png

Infos are available at these links:
http://www ...

Microchip does have one powerful wireless module to be released which will have 4000 ft range. The price should be in the US$13-2x range.

This is an interesting project. Do you have more photos, videos to share?

You should be able to implemented a CAN application in any language, assembly, C, basic, just pick one you feel comfortable with.

No doubt on that. Microchip is designing some 4000 ft wireless module, and should be released soon. The budget price is between US$13-2x at 2.4 GHZ.

Do you have a few photos? A machine can make both PCB and stencil, that's very good, isn't it?

The new one is super expensive, how about the used ones?

Here is a tutorial on understanding the PICkit 2 hardware:
http://augroups.blogspot.com/2009/05/understanding-microchip-pickit-2-rev.html
Most of the time, people only use PICKit 2 as PIC programmer ...

wow, that's an excellent job on noise damping.