2019-07-25, 02:50 AM
The masthead is a great spot for wind instruments, but there are two problems:
I had been thinking along the lines of a standalone rotating-mast-correcting wind computer that talked to a wind instrument and hull and mast compasses, and output corrected NMEA0183 relative wind sentences. That would be generally useful---easy to integrate with any electronics in existence rather than just OpenPlotter. What do you think about offering an mpu9255-added version of the wind computer? Can I do this myself and still use your enclosure and code as a starting point?
Thanks!
- Masthead motion in light air and a swell creates large shifts in apparent wind
- Rotating masts: how to measure rotation and introduce the correction to wind direction?
I had been thinking along the lines of a standalone rotating-mast-correcting wind computer that talked to a wind instrument and hull and mast compasses, and output corrected NMEA0183 relative wind sentences. That would be generally useful---easy to integrate with any electronics in existence rather than just OpenPlotter. What do you think about offering an mpu9255-added version of the wind computer? Can I do this myself and still use your enclosure and code as a starting point?
Thanks!