2019-08-21, 04:09 AM
(2019-08-21, 03:58 AM)mgrouch Wrote: Is it difficult to waterproof a computer board?
Will this method of soaking it in nonconductive epoxy
work with it?
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-...xy-method/
I’ve also read people use FayTech displays
but they have no speakers which you want for anchor
alarm and collision avoidance.
Waterproofing with epoxy can work for sealing electronics, though you need to keep in mind heat management. If you lock in the heat the board will overheat (not good!) With a low power monitor you may get away with it? Anything with a CPU (raspberry pi etc) though will likely overheat.
As for speakers in the monitor, my Faytech has some. That said every monitor I've seen (marine or otherwise) with speakers in it the speakers are garbage. Also you will need to leave the monitor on all night for the anchor alarm? I'd suggest instead to wire the audio out of whatever computer you're using to either your boat's audio system, or maybe another dedicated speaker system? (USB Speaker, Bluetooth etc)
