2020-12-24, 04:05 PM
Hi all,
I am a complete novice with RPi but am familiar with general electronics and particularly GPS & NMEA devices. I have a Beneteau 31 and I would like to set up a simple dashboard type display to go at my chart table. I will try to describe what I have and what I would like to do.
Main plotter is a B&G Zeus2 in the cockpit.
I have a laptop running OpenCPN with a plugin USB BU-353 GPS I use on the chart table for planning and general use.
I would like a small display at the chart table, maybe 120mm x 120mm or so. I would likely run openCPN on there but I am primarily interested in a dashboard type display showing GPS position, heading (COG), SOG and time. I think I would likely set up a display/dashboard then leave it so no regular interaction
There is plenty of space in a vertical panel with space and access behind it. 12V is available.
So....I guess I need:
RPi - is the latest RPi 4 the one to go for?
Some sort of operating system - Ubuntu or something else??
Display - does the RPi drive a display directly? VGA/Displayport or something else?
Keyboard/mouse?
GPS - Can I plug USB GPS directly into the RPi?
Any suggestions or pointers will be much appreciated
Thanks
Rich
Beneteau 31
Moon Dance
Lossiemouth, Scotland
I am a complete novice with RPi but am familiar with general electronics and particularly GPS & NMEA devices. I have a Beneteau 31 and I would like to set up a simple dashboard type display to go at my chart table. I will try to describe what I have and what I would like to do.
Main plotter is a B&G Zeus2 in the cockpit.
I have a laptop running OpenCPN with a plugin USB BU-353 GPS I use on the chart table for planning and general use.
I would like a small display at the chart table, maybe 120mm x 120mm or so. I would likely run openCPN on there but I am primarily interested in a dashboard type display showing GPS position, heading (COG), SOG and time. I think I would likely set up a display/dashboard then leave it so no regular interaction
There is plenty of space in a vertical panel with space and access behind it. 12V is available.
So....I guess I need:
RPi - is the latest RPi 4 the one to go for?
Some sort of operating system - Ubuntu or something else??
Display - does the RPi drive a display directly? VGA/Displayport or something else?
Keyboard/mouse?
GPS - Can I plug USB GPS directly into the RPi?
Any suggestions or pointers will be much appreciated
Thanks
Rich
Beneteau 31
Moon Dance
Lossiemouth, Scotland