I’ve got one of the PCNautic rams paired with a B&G NAC-2 autopilot computer which then talks to my chart plotter - it’s brilliant! Very happy with the performance, it can steer to apparent wind beautifully upwind and seems able to
Cope with quartering seas as well.
According to a dealer I spoke to at th boat show, you can connect a compatible simrad VHF/AIS to it and receive AIS targets - but worth calling Simrad to confirm
I’ve got a Fusion RA70N - fitted perfectly in old car stereo slot, really simple to use and can be controlled by nmea2000 from my B&G plotter. (N model has NMEA2000, so make sure you get that one if you want the connectivity)
I tried them both on friends’ boats and much preferred the B&G - they seem to be designed for sailing and the functionality (laylines, wind data) was head and shoulders above the Raymarine, so I bought a Vulcan plotter and Triton instruments. Impressed so far: it just works!
I found this useful - there is a section on connecting B&G Network instruments midway down the page.
https://www.bandg.com/en-gb/blog/how-to-add-a-vulcan-chartplotter-to-any-boat/
I've been wondering whether to buy one as well - came across this blog post and thought these screenshots were interesting.
https://www.bandg.com/blog/forwardscan/
B&G have a new wireless wind sensor out which looks good - https://ww2.bandg.com/ws300-wind-sensors/. I've got one on order to replace my wired sensor next season.