2025-08-12, 08:47 AM
I've recently deployed my Openplotter build on my Beneteau First 29
The hardware is built around a Raspberry pi 5 running with
Also in/attached to the head unit
The Display is a 3D Printed case with 7" HDMI touchscreen unit from Riverdi
It's optically bonded and plenty bright enough for outdoor use in full sun. (Pictures were taken on a very sunny day but IRL it was very usable)
The screen cover has my and my partner's initials in the B&G font
Also there but not pictured is a D-Link DWM-312W WiFi 4 3G/4G LTE Cat 4 Router for internet, although I have noticed some lorawan connections in the harbour so will probably add Lora for remote monitoring.
Boot times are great with the NVME SSD
The USB hub is powered directly from the main power switch @12V, and I have cut the power lines in the USB cable to prevent backfeeding which was stopping the PI from switching off.
The PI case has a solid cover fitted normally and temps are fine so far during UK Summer.
I was struggling with sealing cables between the head unit and display but settled on these cool 3D printed splittable cable glands that seal nicely and allow room for USB and HDMI cables to pass through. https://www.printables.com/model/608533-...stomizable
All prints are PETG-CF printed on a Bambu x1 Carbon
Software wise I settled on OpenCPN for charting and Ocharts for the charts themselves (I'm in the UK)
I am a Grafana Labs Employee so obviously I am also using Grafana for visualisation
I would be really keen to see what others are doing with Grafana too. We have a slack channel full of dashboards in the wild.
LMK if anyone wants STLs or further details!
The hardware is built around a Raspberry pi 5 running with
- MacArthur HAT (with power module)
- Adafruit ICM-20948
- Pimoroni NVME Base
- Kingston 1TB M.2 NVME SSD
- B&G wind sensor
- B&G Triton 2
Also in/attached to the head unit
- USB powered hub
- Custom NMEA2000 Bus
- Generic USB GPS Puck
- RTL-SDR USB
- I have a tiller pilot that accepts headings over NMEA 0183 so will wire that in shortly
The Display is a 3D Printed case with 7" HDMI touchscreen unit from Riverdi
It's optically bonded and plenty bright enough for outdoor use in full sun. (Pictures were taken on a very sunny day but IRL it was very usable)
The screen cover has my and my partner's initials in the B&G font
Also there but not pictured is a D-Link DWM-312W WiFi 4 3G/4G LTE Cat 4 Router for internet, although I have noticed some lorawan connections in the harbour so will probably add Lora for remote monitoring.
Boot times are great with the NVME SSD
The USB hub is powered directly from the main power switch @12V, and I have cut the power lines in the USB cable to prevent backfeeding which was stopping the PI from switching off.
The PI case has a solid cover fitted normally and temps are fine so far during UK Summer.
I was struggling with sealing cables between the head unit and display but settled on these cool 3D printed splittable cable glands that seal nicely and allow room for USB and HDMI cables to pass through. https://www.printables.com/model/608533-...stomizable
All prints are PETG-CF printed on a Bambu x1 Carbon
Software wise I settled on OpenCPN for charting and Ocharts for the charts themselves (I'm in the UK)
I am a Grafana Labs Employee so obviously I am also using Grafana for visualisation
I would be really keen to see what others are doing with Grafana too. We have a slack channel full of dashboards in the wild.
LMK if anyone wants STLs or further details!