diff --git a/tests/pkg/minmea/main.c b/tests/pkg/minmea/main.c
index abe0ccad77..8ab72545f8 100644
--- a/tests/pkg/minmea/main.c
+++ b/tests/pkg/minmea/main.c
@@ -14,31 +14,147 @@
  * @brief       minmea GPS NMEA parser library package test application
  *
  * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ * @author      Jan Mohr <jan.mohr@ml-pa.com>
  *
  * @}
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
 #include "fmt.h"
 #include "minmea.h"
 
+static const char *_gga = "$GNGGA,142142.227,5227.022,N,01317.919,E,1,12,1.0,0.0,M,0.0,M,,*70";
 static const char *_gll = "$GNGLL,5229.0178,N,01326.7605,E,114350.000,A,A*45";
+static const char *_gsa = "$GNGSA,A,3,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,1.0,1.0,1.0*2E";
+static const char *_rmc = "$GPRMC,142142.227,A,5227.022,N,01317.919,E,,,201023,000.0,W*78";
 
-int main(void)
+int _parse_nmea_msg(const char* nmea_msg)
 {
-    print_str("START\n");
-    struct minmea_sentence_gll frame;
+    /* get message type */
+    int msg_type = minmea_sentence_id(nmea_msg, false);
+    switch (msg_type) {
+    case MINMEA_SENTENCE_GGA: {
+        struct minmea_sentence_gga frame;
+        if (minmea_parse_gga(&frame, nmea_msg) && frame.fix_quality) {
+            puts("check_nmea: GGA recorded");
 
-    int res = minmea_parse_gll(&frame, _gll);
-    if (!res) {
-        print_str("FAILURE: error parsing GPS sentence\n");
-    }
-    else {
-        print_str("parsed coordinates: lat=");
-        print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.latitude), 6);
-        print_str(" lon=");
-        print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.longitude), 6);
-        print_str("\nSUCCESS\n");
+            /* print values */
+            print_str("\tlat: ");
+            print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.latitude), 6);
+            printf("\n");
+            print_str("\tlon: ");
+            print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.longitude), 6);
+            printf("\n");
+            printf("\talt: %"PRId32"\n", minmea_rescale(&frame.altitude, 1));
+            printf("\tn_sats: %d\n", frame.satellites_tracked);
+        }
+        else {
+            puts("check_nmea: invalid GGA record");
+        }
+    } break;
+    case MINMEA_SENTENCE_GLL: {
+        struct minmea_sentence_gll frame;
+        if (minmea_parse_gll(&frame, nmea_msg)) {
+            puts("check_nmea: GLL recorded");
+
+            /* print values */
+            print_str("\tlat: ");
+            print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.latitude), 6);
+            printf("\n");
+            print_str("\tlon: ");
+            print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.longitude), 6);
+            printf("\n");
+        }
+        else {
+            puts("check_nmea: invalid GLL record");
+        }
+    } break;
+    case MINMEA_SENTENCE_GSA: {
+        struct minmea_sentence_gsa frame;
+        if (minmea_parse_gsa(&frame, nmea_msg)) {
+            puts("check_nmea: GSA recorded");
+
+            /* print values */
+            printf("\tmode: %c\n", frame.mode); /* (A)automatic and (M)manual mode */
+            /* identify fix-type */
+            switch (frame.fix_type) {
+            case MINMEA_GPGSA_FIX_NONE:
+                printf("\tfix_type: %s\n", "NONE");
+                break;
+            case MINMEA_GPGSA_FIX_2D:
+                printf("\tfix_type: %s\n", "2D");
+                break;
+            case MINMEA_GPGSA_FIX_3D:
+                printf("\tfix_type: %s\n", "3D");
+                break;
+            default:
+                printf("\tfix_type: %s\n", "UNKNOWN");
+            }
+            /* always a record of 12 satellites */
+            for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+                printf("\t%d. sat: %d\n", i, frame.sats[i]);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            puts("check_nmea: invalid GSA record");
+        }
+    } break;
+    case MINMEA_SENTENCE_RMC: {
+        struct minmea_sentence_rmc frame;
+        if (minmea_parse_rmc(&frame, nmea_msg) && frame.valid) {
+            puts("check_nmea: RMC recorded");
+
+            /* parse timestamp */
+            struct tm tm;
+            time_t timestamp;
+            minmea_getdatetime(&tm, &frame.date, &frame.time);
+            timestamp = mktime(&tm);
+
+            /* print values */
+            print_str("\tlat: ");
+            print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.latitude), 6);
+            printf("\n");
+            print_str("\tlon: ");
+            print_float(minmea_tocoord(&frame.longitude), 6);
+            printf("\n");
+            printf("\ttime: %"PRIu32"\n", (uint32_t)timestamp);
+        }
+        else {
+            puts("check_nmea: invalid RMC record");
+        }
+    } break;
+    default:
+        printf("check_nmea: unknown message type %d\n", msg_type);
+        return -1;
     }
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    puts("START");
+
+    /* check GGA */
+    if (_parse_nmea_msg(_gga) != 0) {
+        puts("Error parsing GGA");
+    }
+    /* check GLL */
+    if (_parse_nmea_msg(_gll) != 0) {
+        puts("Error parsing GLL");
+    }
+    /* check GSA */
+    if (_parse_nmea_msg(_gsa) != 0) {
+        puts("Error parsing GSA");
+    }
+    /* check RMC */
+    if (_parse_nmea_msg(_rmc) != 0) {
+        puts("Error parsing RMC");
+    }
+
+    puts("SUCCESS");
+
+    return 0;
+}