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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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Wi-Fi revisited with the ESP8266 chip

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The new ESP8266 chip has created quite a buzz in the recent months, and I have decided to give it a try for Wi-Fi communications between my...
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Friday, August 22, 2014

A low-cost marine compass (Part 3 – Calibration)

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When connected to a terminal program through the FTDI breakout at 115200 baud, the compass displays the results formatted as NMEA sentences...