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Pypilot with existing N2K network & PI3B - Les Noble - 2021-11-04

Newbie PI user jumping in to the mix.
I have a working electric motor from '90 era autopilot. I also have a PI 3b and a B&G chartplotter and N2K network with wind, depth etc.
How would I get "pypilot hat" to use network data?

There is this hat and if workable, would the pypilot hat sit on top?
https://copperhilltech.com/pican-m-nmea-0183-nmea-2000-hat-for-raspberry-pi-with-smps/

I am assuming pypilot could pull data from PI inputs via openplotter or opencpn.

Pushing my luck:
I would also like to have weather injected into the network; baro, temp, humidity. 
I am assuming I could add a weather hat or card. 

Thoughts,  advice or any input appreciated.


RE: Pypilot with existing N2K network & PI3B - seandepagnier - 2021-11-05

The pypilot hat uses the i2c, spi, and uart pins. The others are optional but serve other functions. Check the schematic

https://pypilot.org/schematics/pypilot_tinypilot.pdf


It is not usually possible to stack arbitrary hats on a raspberry pi. Another option would be to use a separate pi zero w for pypilot and have it networked to another raspberry pi with your other hat.