2023-09-14, 05:39 PM
Hey all,
First, apologies for spam - this is a commercial message, to a degree! But I promise it is very, very relevant to OpenPlotter users!
I am Matti Airas, the Mad Hatter of Hat Labs, a small company manufacturing open marine hardware. I've created a new major version of Sailor Hat for Raspberry Pi which is a power management board for the Raspberry Pi and similar small computers. The SH-RPi lets you power a Pi directly from your boat's electrical system - either 12 or 24V nominal. And equally importantly, it shuts the Pi down in a controlled fashion when the power is cut, integrating the Pi seamlessly with other boat electronics.
The video below shows how it works:
The new SH-RPi version is a significant development over the first version, released in 2021. SH-RPi v2 has a much higher output current capability, an integrated real-time clock, improved firmware with more features such as timer "sleep" functionality as well as rewritten service software. The new version doesn't include integrated NMEA 2000 connectivity but instead lets the user to stack add-on hats such as Waveshare's CAN and RS485 HATs for NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 connectivity, respectively.
The Sailor Hat for Raspberry Pi is open hardware and open software.
For more information, follow these links:
First, apologies for spam - this is a commercial message, to a degree! But I promise it is very, very relevant to OpenPlotter users!
I am Matti Airas, the Mad Hatter of Hat Labs, a small company manufacturing open marine hardware. I've created a new major version of Sailor Hat for Raspberry Pi which is a power management board for the Raspberry Pi and similar small computers. The SH-RPi lets you power a Pi directly from your boat's electrical system - either 12 or 24V nominal. And equally importantly, it shuts the Pi down in a controlled fashion when the power is cut, integrating the Pi seamlessly with other boat electronics.
The video below shows how it works:
The new SH-RPi version is a significant development over the first version, released in 2021. SH-RPi v2 has a much higher output current capability, an integrated real-time clock, improved firmware with more features such as timer "sleep" functionality as well as rewritten service software. The new version doesn't include integrated NMEA 2000 connectivity but instead lets the user to stack add-on hats such as Waveshare's CAN and RS485 HATs for NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 connectivity, respectively.
The Sailor Hat for Raspberry Pi is open hardware and open software.
For more information, follow these links:
