Friday, February 13, 2026

New 10 Hz Marine Compass (Part 3 - I2C Version)

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With the new 9-DOF software approach, the DRDY pin used previously is no longer required. It is now possible to use the Pololu MinIMU-9 v6 b...
Monday, February 9, 2026

New 10 Hz Marine Compass (Part 2 - Software)

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I have made major changes to the software used in my marine compass. First, all is done now in the Arduino environment. For this project, th...
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Monday, January 8, 2024

New 10 Hz Marine Compass (Part1 - Hardware)

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This is a revised design of a small tilt-compensated compass previously described  in this blog (the compass was based on the Pololu LSM303D...
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Friday, October 28, 2016

Live GPS Tracking for Club Regattas (Step 1)

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Live GPS tracking is already a standard feature at major sailing events.  Each contestant is provided with a GPS tracker that c...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Building your own NMEA 2000 Device

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The hard work has already been done, first by the pioneering efforts of Kees Verruijt at canboat , and now by the development of a NMEA200...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

NMEA 2000 for Radar Overlay

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Radar overlay means displaying the radar image directly on the chart. This is a nice feature to have with the 3G radar, as it also permits ...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Interfacing a B&G Zeus Touch 7 Display

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I am planning the installation of a B&G Broadband 3G radar, using a Zeus Touch 7 (T7) for display. I have now received the display that...
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