Mstar-usb-serial-driver-gps · Pro & Top-Rated

The MStar USB serial driver operates on the following technical specifications:

Many USB GPS receivers (especially older or cheaper ones) use an GPS chipset internally. When plugged into a Linux computer, they appear as a USB serial device — but they don’t always use a standard, well-known USB-to-serial chip like FTDI, Prolific, or SiLabs.

Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, and XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit) Common Versions mstar-usb-serial-driver-gps

On modern Linux distributions (kernel 5.x+, 6.x+), the driver is .

sudo ldattach PPS /dev/ttyUSB0 sudo ppstest /dev/pps0 The MStar USB serial driver operates on the

sudo apt update sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) sudo modprobe usbserial sudo modprobe mstar_usb_serial_gps

That’s why you still see tutorials asking to “install mstar-usb-serial-driver-gps” — even though modern kernels have it built-in, legacy or custom kernels may not. sudo ldattach PPS /dev/ttyUSB0 sudo ppstest /dev/pps0 sudo

If another driver (e.g., pl2303 ) wrongly claims the device, blacklist it:

If not, load it:

If nothing appears, check the module availability: