(2016-05-17, 05:55 PM)manitu Wrote: Hi.  Thanks for the amazing work all of you, OpenPlotter is developing faster than I could imagine.
doing the SignalK/NMEA2000 bit before analog sensors makes perfectly sense , considering limitations on 0183 when naming and reading sensors.

I would love to have a standard STW sensor input! It has been done with an ardunio and I could just do that, but just dedicating a input on the analog interface would make it so much easier on the non tech-heads[/url]. [url=https://github.com/HomegrownMarine/better_speedo]https://github.com/HomegrownMarine/better_speedo

Waterproof control interfaces is hard to find at reasonable prices. Could GPIO's or analog inputs be used as mouse controls? then I could use off-the-shelf  joysticks and buttons.

Calculating polars would be great.

Does the radar plugins work with Openplotter? Anyone tried?


@Sailoog: Im planning to buy sensors for 3 pi's and I have a Q:

Do you plan to sell IMU's? if not, wich one is the recomended one (easiest to calibrate/most accurate) ?
will you get nmea0183 interfaces before you run out the nmea2000 ones ? need both.
In the webshop, what do you choose when you are from outside EU but inside europe? (Norway)
I guess I choose US to get the price without EU sales tax, but dont send my stuff to the US .

thanks again , keep up the great work!

  .manitu

(2016-05-17, 07:50 PM)Sailoog Wrote:

(2016-05-17, 05:55 PM)manitu Wrote: I would love to have a standard STW sensor input! It has been done with an ardunio and I could just do that, but just dedicating a input on the analog interface would make it so much easier on the non tech-heads. https://github.com/HomegrownMarine/better_speedo

Hi manitu,

About STW sensors...
We are working on an OP module to simulate speedometers pulses with SOG from GPS. That means, if your speedometer gets dirty and is not working, OP converts SOG to pulses and sends them to your electronics through GPIO. Here is the info (sorry, in Spanish): http://foro.latabernadelpuerto.com/showpost.php?p=1900449&postcount=1653

But your question was not about transmitting pulses but receiving pulses and the answer is absolutely yes. We can "count" pulses from GPIO so in future versions of OP, there will be a new tab "Pulse sensors" that allow us to connect pulse sensors and measure water and fuel flow, engine rpm, anchor chain, wind... and accurate STW of course.