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Bareboat Necessities: Custom FOSS marine Linux for your boat computer

by severine on 4/6/24, 2:10 PM with 1 comments

  • by severine on 4/6/24, 2:15 PM

    In case it's not clear for the bad title:

    Completely open source solution for building a DIY marine computer, a boat LTE/WiFi gateway, and a cockpit chartplotter display from easily obtainable and affordable components. This boat project includes:

        Custom open source marine Linux OS for your boat computer
    
        Waterproof marine touch screen HDMI display
    
        GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo) receiver
    
        Sensors for orientation (gyroscope, accelerometer, compass via IMU)
    
        AIS radar
    
        Environment temperature, barometric pressure, humidity sensors
    
        Connections to the boat instruments such as wind, depth, speed, AIS via NMEA 0183 serial ports
    
        Boat LTE / 4G Gateway, network storage
    
        Boat WiFi hotspot and a router with WiFi extender and a long range waterproof WiFi antenna
    
        Optional autopilot integration, rudder angle sensor
    
        Other NMEA devices, engine/battery status, bilge pump monitoring, etc
    
        Optional air mouse with a wireless keyboard and a touchpad
    
        Lightning EMI sensor and alarm
    
        RTL-SDR for weather fax, NavTex, satellite weather, AIS, RTL 433, morse code decoder, etc
    
        Boat IoT Integration via MQTT
    
        Music Player
    
        Can be used with Iridium Satellite Modems
    
        Can be used for processing transmissions received from SSB radio via audio interface
    
        Variety of options of using wireless handheld devices such as smart phones and tablets to connect to boat systems via WiFi and bluetooth. There are many marine applications available for smart phones and tablets.
    
    The boat computer connected to the waterproof HDMI touchscreen in the cockpit.