I did not realise the board had a PSU built in, this is good news. One of the problems solved by the Pican-M is the PSU. Normally I have to have an extra PSU, and it is a mess. with the Pican-M and now the MacArthur HAT the integrated PSU is a big plus, it really neatens installation. So that part is a good think, thank you.
The on board NMEA2000 connector of the PicanM is good ... but maybe I can live without it, a separate one means I can easily mount it on the side of the waterbproof box, so that is OK now I consider it.
As the only reason for me to use the MacArthur HAT instead of the PicanM is so it fits under the Moitessier HAT (and uses SPI1) the IMU etc is not really needed as the Moitessier has those already.
For battery sensing I have dedicated NMEA2000 battery voltage/current sensors near the batteries. what I don't want is hundreds of wires going from the batteries, engine etc to a single "sensor" unit ... I have an NMEA2000 engine monitor unit, 2 x dual channel battery monitor units, a 4 channel NMEA2000 tank level unit etc. This keeps the wiring on the boat simple, just an NMEA2000 bus around the boat, and units where they are needed.
Anway, thankyou for the work, where is the price of the MacArthur and where can I buy it?
The on board NMEA2000 connector of the PicanM is good ... but maybe I can live without it, a separate one means I can easily mount it on the side of the waterbproof box, so that is OK now I consider it.
As the only reason for me to use the MacArthur HAT instead of the PicanM is so it fits under the Moitessier HAT (and uses SPI1) the IMU etc is not really needed as the Moitessier has those already.
For battery sensing I have dedicated NMEA2000 battery voltage/current sensors near the batteries. what I don't want is hundreds of wires going from the batteries, engine etc to a single "sensor" unit ... I have an NMEA2000 engine monitor unit, 2 x dual channel battery monitor units, a 4 channel NMEA2000 tank level unit etc. This keeps the wiring on the boat simple, just an NMEA2000 bus around the boat, and units where they are needed.
Anway, thankyou for the work, where is the price of the MacArthur and where can I buy it?