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Fig.: SeaTalk NG connection technology
With SeaTalk NG there is a more powerful successor to SeaTalk, which is based on the CAN bus and has limited compatibility with NMEA2000. With the fairly clear and color-coded connection technology of SeaTalk NG, Raymarine has managed to provide backwards compatibility with SeaTalk, which also supports older devices. The disadvantage, however, is the high price for the proprietary connection technology.… Continue reading
Fig.: SeaTalk connection technology
SeaTalk is a Raymarine proprietary serial network protocol developed in the 1980's and used for the transmission of navigation data and other information on boats. The data is transmitted as compact binary data. SeaTalk uses a single wire connection as the data line for serial data transmission, meaning they are both sent and received bit by bit over a single wire.… Continue reading
NMEA OneNet is a transmission method based on Ethernet. With NMEA OneNet, as the name suggests, an attempt is made to bundle a wide variety of transmission methods such as NMEA0183 and NMEA2000 in one protocol and thus maintain compatibility with old transmission methods. In addition, new protocols are added with which large amounts of data such as image and map transmission are also possible.
Fig.: NMEA2000 connection technology (Busse yacht shop)
NMEA2000 (National Marine Electronics Association 2000) is a bus system for communication in boats. It was designed to provide a uniform interface for transferring data from electronic devices on boats.
NMEA2000 is a bus system designed to transmit data between electronic devices on boats.… Continue reading
NMEA 0183 is a marine serial communications standard. It defines a format for the transmission of GPS information, speed and course data, and other navigation data between navigation devices and other electronic devices on boats.
Benefits of NMEA 0183:
First of all, a few important notes that you should definitely pay attention to.
Fig.: NASA/Clipper Duet Sonar/Log
This article is about how to convert a NASA/Clipper Duet echo sounder/log so that the device outputs NMEA2000 data. This document is based on the DIY project by Sönke and was supplemented with some additional information. The NASA/Clipper Duet echo sounder/log is actually a device without a bus connection and works independently with two separate sensors.… Continue reading
Garmin GPSmap526 (Garmin)
Garmin is one of the few commercial manufacturers that also allow the use of public free maps on their devices. This makes it possible to also provide older devices with up-to-date map material when support has expired. Garmin offers a variety of navigation devices that can be used on-road for street navigation as well as off-road for tracking.… Continue reading
Fig.: Mobile Atlas Creator (MOBAC)
mobile A.tlas Creator (MOBAC) is a Java open source program that provides offline maps for various navigation devices. As a source for an offline map, Mobile Atlas Creator can use a large number of different online maps, such as OpenStreetMap-based maps and other online map providers. In addition to pure navigation charts for vehicles on land, charts for watercraft are also offered.… Continue reading
Fig.: HWT901B-RS232 9-axis sensor
The Chinese company WIT motion sells various sensor modules on the Internet. In addition to 3-axis, 6-axis and 9-axis modules, pure magnetometers are also offered in a wide variety of designs. A large number of interfaces are supported such as:
A particularly interesting sensor is the HWT901B-RS232. This is a 9-axis sensor as a military variant with the following properties:
The idea of this AVnav plugin is to display an instrument that contains all the basic information needed for sailing. With the possibility of showing this display directly on the map at the boat position, the sailor has all the information at a glance. The laylines tell you the quickest bearing to a waypoint upwind, and when they are shown on the chart you can follow those lines.… Continue reading