Raspberry Pi Chart Plotter Navigation Box

[dhorn]

No idea if any of you would be interested but...

I've put together a nice little Pelican case with a Raspberry Pi that's running OpenCPN Chart Plotter Navigation software, thought you might like to see it.

Kind of slow and dependent upon an internet connection like Wifi right now but my prototype with an LTE cellular connection card attached seems to be working quite well.

Pack of cards is to show a bit of scale, pretty compact, anyhow, let me know your thoughts.

Take care, stay well,
Dan

 

[The Brockerts]

Interesting,

I run several Pi's on my boat and one of them is OpenCPN with GPS and AIS connections. This system is one of my backup system to Navionics. I wonder why you have made it portable? I'm guessing this might be usable on my dingy. What screen did you use?

The Brockerts

 

[dhorn]

I just found it handy to have a mobile device that could not only do OpenCPN but act as a generalized internet connection. More of a brain exercise than anything to see what you could do with an LTE HAT card on a Pi for nautical purposes.

 

[Razorbackdad]

Dan, could you share a little more about how you put this together? Would like to follow your path... I'm using a pi to monitor and publish temps around the boat as well as the water this winter...

 

[woolf]

Dan, could you share a little more about how you put this together? Would like to follow your path... I'm using a pi to monitor and publish temps around the boat as well as the water this winter...

Yes please - I am looking for a simple stand-alone solution to run Maretron N2K software to display on an already installed monitor

 

[The Brockerts]

Putting together the same thing. Here is my pi tower that I'm installing now
The Brockerts

 

[The Brockerts]

I picked up this HAT N2K board from Copperhill Tech the other day. Offers N2K and 0183 connections. I've put it on my todo list of things to play with on cold days.

https://copperhilltech.com/

The Brockerts

 

[Northern Spy]

I picked up this HAT N2K board from Copperhill Tech the other day. Offers N2K and 0183 connections. I've put it on my todo list of things to play with on cold days.

https://copperhilltech.com/

The Brockerts

Great link! Thanks!