Noob getting new Rasberry pi 4B question

[Davidasailor26]

ok, you got me hooked, I'm getting a pi4b this evening, going to try my hand at making a plotter

Have fun. I was just tinkering with my older pi the other day getting it ready for next season. I had mine connected to a cell modem chip so it could phone home with battery voltages, bilge pump counts, etc. Unfortunately the old modem is 2G and won’t be supported anymore, so now I plan on tethering to an old phone for sending data.

 

[joker460]

Did you see For those interested in a Raspbeer Pi4 interface with Nmea183 and Nmea 2000 ?

 

[Davidasailor26]

Did you see For those interested in a Raspbeer Pi4 interface with Nmea183 and Nmea 2000 ?

That’s a pretty cool device. My Pi gets NMEA0183 data over Ethernet by connecting to my chartplotter, but the idea of getting both data and power directly from the network is pretty appealing.

 

[fred1diver]

from the videos I've seen you can plug your nmea0183 thru the gpio connectors as well

 

[TimFromLI]

I have heard of the raspberry pi before but I never realized that they could be used on a boat. Last season I upgraded my electronics to nmea 2000 and I now have a lot of empty space at the nav desk from screens that are now obsolete. I just did a quick google search, you just gave me some ideas of how to fill the space. AIS receiver, engine monitors, gps, weather, battery monitors, pretty cool stuff.

 

[jon hansen]

well sailormanbigd, i have to admit that after being flippant about your request, this thread lead me to research the why's and wants of new computer systems for boats these days. interesting stuff. being able to check all that info is a nice new tool.
all the systems that you can check with such, i check too in what is now a very old school way. the skills i have will not be used much in the future i'm sure. i like my skills and will not be needing any of the new gear. it took a long time to learn my skills and now they are but a touch screen away.
i will mention that 60 years ago in was drummed into my head that "he who trusts their life to electronics is a fool". electronics has come a long way since then. times have changed. what people want have changed.

i still carry kerosene for the lamps when cruising. heat with a fireplace. tap the barometer. .............

............. and fresh, modern, crispy, sails

jon

 

[mermike]

I've been running OpenCPN on an RPi 4 since last spring. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars, because it hiccupped once for no apparent reason. I would not run anything else on it if you're going to use it for navigation. I also have a Garmin chartplotter, but I find OpenCPN easier to use, the charts are free and easy to keep up to date, and the graphics are better. One backs up the other.

 

[Fidgit]

I just setup a pi4 with open plotter:

OpenPlotter | OpenMarine

openmarine.net

I was impressed how straightforward it is to get running.Just download the image, and follow the instructions to flash the image to a micro SD card. comes with most of the nautical software I needed already installed.