Introducing OpenPlotter hats!!!

[CVL]

Thank you for sharing Christian!  I may give this a go myself.

You're welcome. Please come back here to share your experiences.

Christian

[Sailoog]

A fully working OpenPlotter Moitessier HAT board will be exposed this weekend in the boat show "Sjøen for alle" 2018 in Norway.

Ask for the OpenCPN guys in the Kartverket stand!!!!

[mgrouch]

Are you going to ship complete product i.e.
raspberry pi 3 b+, with the hat in a case and
preinstalled OpenPlotter? Any plans for that?

Thanks

[Sailoog]

Are you going to ship complete product i.e.
raspberry pi 3 b+, with the hat in a case and
preinstalled OpenPlotter? Any plans for that?

Thanks

Yes

[Highland Dave]

Any closer to having this on sale yet?

[Sailoog]

Added enclosure pictures. And update release data to end of April, 2018. Board and enclosure are already in manufacturing, next week we will be able to provide a more accurate date and maybe start pre-sales.

[Didier B]

Added enclosure pictures. And update release data to end of April, 2018. Board and enclosure are already in manufacturing, next week we will be able to provide a more accurate date and maybe start pre-sales.

Will it be possible to use hat with actual 17.1, or is it necessary to use a next release.
If yes, will there be an update path to avoid loss of oesenc chart pack ?

[abarrow]

The entire system looks awesome! I think we are all anxious for the release.

If I can make a suggestion for the future: I suggest another case or other type of modular connection that could potentially provide other features and connectivity to this system. In my mind I would visualize another case that looks similar to the one you have already provided, perhaps connected to the original case with a short USB, perhaps an I2C bus and maybe even a power connection.

Initially, I suggest a few things in that external box:
- Additional powered USB connections. I find that my USB requirements run the PI out of power.
- An SSD. In my case, I like using an SSD rather than an SD card, as it is faster and I worry about the number of times I can cycle an SD card.
- An ethernet hub?
- A 2 or 4 line I2C display, with control buttons. An alternative might be something like Berrizeta's 3.5 TFT display. http://berreizeta.blogspot.mx/2017/02/se...nitor.html. I'm playing with a little touch TFT display with his Arduino software, and it works very well! Another way to do this might be by providing a wired remote display capability, for example, something that could be mounted in a nav panel.
- Additional battery?

I know the middle of a release is not the time to be thinking about new products, but I think you have energized us all with what you are producing!

[Ze'K]

"Are we there yet?" Asking that question with my donkey tone and voice from the move Shrek.

[Sailoog]

I will publish the real and final date during the next few days.