First of all, a few important notes that you should definitely pay attention to.

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• Measurement of wind direction and wind speed
• Robust mechanics
• Weight <= 250g
• Small enough to be grown on a 6.60m sailboat
• Replacement for a Windex
• Weatherproof and UV-stable
• Visibility at night thanks to reflectors on the bottom
• No cable laying for sensor signals
• Pure digital transmission and signal processing
• 12V power supply via toplight (50mA, 0.5W)
• Transfer of data via WLAN (ESP8266)
• Update rate: 1-2 measurements per second
• No installation instrument required
• Display in OpenPlotter via laptop, mobile phone or tablet
• No software installation required (displayed on the website in the browser)
• Android app available
• Support of common protocols such as NMEA 0183 (serial, TCP / IP)
• More than 30 systems have already been built and in use

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