Hadenough
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Why on earth would you want to? Sea areas are far too big and there are many more, more accurate forecasts available.
My COVID-19 Lockdown Project: 10” Android Car Stereo to Navionics Chart Plotter
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stu9000
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Works well under the spray hood. Still functions with damp fingers although I'd be wary of having it in an exposed location as it isn't marinised. Brilliant in right sun. Worked flawlessly in very hot conditions. Mine takes about 5 mins for the GPS to lock on. It would likely be quicker if the antenna was not buried amongst the cabling in the case.
stu9000
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Stingo
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Just sipping a glass of Portugal's finest while pondering about important things like this Android radio/chart plotter project. Those reversing cameras that you can add.... what about one in the bottom of the hull, near the depth transducer, so in clear waters you can see the bottom? Am open to ideas about how to make it 100% waterproof. They're probably at best rain proof.
In an ideal world, I'd like a "reversing" camera in the bow at 45°, one looking down at the prop, and one mid-ships, as mentioned.
In an ideal world, I'd like a "reversing" camera in the bow at 45°, one looking down at the prop, and one mid-ships, as mentioned.
Andrew_Trayfoot
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We had a play with mine in the Solent back in August. It worked quite well on the bow and behind the engine. I've waterproofed the cable as best I can, but not had the bottle to stick It over the site yet...
tbraunstein
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Hi. Great job. Thought about this solution the other day as we currently have no marine GPS installed and descently sized chartplotters are pretty expensive. I started searching and found your nice solution. I was wondering if it is possible to combine the Android with a fishfinder/sonar? You probably already thought about this?
Laser310
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Cool Project!
Perhaps I missed it.., but does it use an internal GPS?
These radios usually have wifi - can you get NMEA 0183 in?
Perhaps I missed it.., but does it use an internal GPS?
These radios usually have wifi - can you get NMEA 0183 in?
Andrew_Trayfoot
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Navionics supports bringing in depth data so that is doable. The depth data needs gps position in the same nmea sentence which my aging Garmin fish 100 does not support so have not tried this. There other apps that will display the depth nmea data.
Andrew_Trayfoot
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The unit has an external GPS that is about 1" square, so I buried mine in the box. Has worked with no issues even in my garage.
I get NMEA data in over WiFi from a Yacker NMEA WiFi bridge.
ithet
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Is there a suitable unit with DAB+ and preferably 7" single din?
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Plum
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The Yakker NMEA to Wifi device is great. Use mine to get AIS data into my Marine Navigator app with Admiralty digital raster charts on my Android tablet. Yakker
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Alicatt
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Nice alternative use of an item, well done.
I was using a Lenovo tablet laptop in my car for mapping and route finding while off-road driving, recently I got a 10" Android tablet and have been using this for my mapping and during the summer I put it in a plastic bag for navigating round the canals in Friesland.
Using a RAM mount to hold the laptop showing 1:10,000 topographic map of Belgium, Memory Map also offer marine charts too, tho I have never used them.
Route planning on an self imported digital data map from the Spanish cartographic service (Free service)
Vaartkart for the Friesland lakes which is also a free service offered to tourists, on my Android tablet.
I was using a Lenovo tablet laptop in my car for mapping and route finding while off-road driving, recently I got a 10" Android tablet and have been using this for my mapping and during the summer I put it in a plastic bag for navigating round the canals in Friesland.
Using a RAM mount to hold the laptop showing 1:10,000 topographic map of Belgium, Memory Map also offer marine charts too, tho I have never used them.
Route planning on an self imported digital data map from the Spanish cartographic service (Free service)
Vaartkart for the Friesland lakes which is also a free service offered to tourists, on my Android tablet.
Andrew_Trayfoot
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If you go onto Amazon there are loads of options from about £70 upwards.
You pays your money you take your choice.....
chewi
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what aerial do you have? I bought one similar to the OPs suggestion but it doesn't get any stations under 102.3Mhz eg Classic fm on 100.3.
freddyuk
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Finally installed......... it has been a long project due to boat being locked down. The flexible mounting means screen can be moved around or pushed to the side out of the way. The rather large compass blocking the dashboard was removed as a small emergency compass is all that is required. A piece of bath panel was a very close match to cover the hole. This is on a Merryfisher 805.
Many thanks to the OP for the idea in the first place.
Many thanks to the OP for the idea in the first place.
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chewi
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I discovered the reversing camera ( included in the unit the OP suggested) actually reverses left and right as well as overlaying reversing zone lines. In my experiments. It is also a light. So I can use it for that.
I redeployed an analogue 12V cctv camera instead, which does not create the left/right inversion nor add the reversing zone lines and works directly off the phono line.
Any outdoor cctv camera should be at least IP66 waterproof, but perhaps not for immersion. I would rather fit a USB camera on a wander stick but I have yet to find one that isn't a short focus endoscope.
I fitted it in a "Really Useful" box lid with connections within the box and ex PC speakers on the sides.
I redeployed an analogue 12V cctv camera instead, which does not create the left/right inversion nor add the reversing zone lines and works directly off the phono line.
Any outdoor cctv camera should be at least IP66 waterproof, but perhaps not for immersion. I would rather fit a USB camera on a wander stick but I have yet to find one that isn't a short focus endoscope.
I fitted it in a "Really Useful" box lid with connections within the box and ex PC speakers on the sides.
gregcope
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Is the reversing camera not just usb on different connections? And therefore you could replace it with another?
Moodysailor
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Great project, nice one. I'm going to steal your idea and put one of these in the cabin as we wanted a stereo in there anyway. Thanks 
sc25 Sweden
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Tack ska du ha
Andrew_Trayfoot
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Have now added a waterproof usb pass through connector to mine. So I now have external usb access for a mouse add...
Other thing to note is that the glass screens are a bit vulnerable. Mine is slightly cracked in one corner. My add a besel at some point as a bit of protection as I like to take it home when not on the boat.
Other thing to note is that the glass screens are a bit vulnerable. Mine is slightly cracked in one corner. My add a besel at some point as a bit of protection as I like to take it home when not on the boat.