(2019-07-01, 01:46 PM)svkatielee Wrote: It would be really helpful if you experienced guys would post photos and maybe even a description of your installation of pypilot, tinypilot and or openplotter.
As a new user it has taken me quite a while to decipher the posts and decide how to set it up.
Here is a link to my installation blog: https://svkatielee.blogspot.com/2019/07/...rking.html
Post your's as comments/replies on this thread.
Good idea; here's a compilation of the making of my pypilot: https://youtu.be/hoFl5Uv_Rn4 (edited as previous link was invalid)
No blog, but some bullets:
- Converted Raymarine ST2000+ into a PyPilot, putting TinyPilot on a RaspBerry PiZero with wifi and Arduino motor driver in the original casing.
- Latest TinyPilot image downloaded onto a PiZero, and adjusted to be a client to the OpenPlotter access point (see elsewhere on this forum).
- Works also stand-alone, as the LCD interface was replaced with user interface that emulates original keystrokes of raymarine keyboard (see github).
- Motor driver H-bridge made with schematics and FET's reused from the old raymarine.
- OpenPlotter runs on a Raspberry Pi 3B+, is fed through a RS232-to-USB cable from Emtrak EM-100 AIS/GPS device. Charts are OSENC charts.
Today was the first trial, and there are some follow-up items from it:
- find out more about compass calibration
- find out more about behaviour of manual rudder adjustment
- better power supply for arduino (now fed straight from battery ))
- more decoupling capacitors everywhere.
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EDIT MAY-2020: after a few iterations, finally replaced motor driver with a Pololu #2991
Also installed end-of-tavel switches.