Digitise an older engine - ESP32

[Boatingbaileys]

Also big thumbs up from me, a great series of youtube videos. I'm about to watch your second video of yours on this subject. Will you be feeding your data from the ESP into your OpenPlotter setup?

I'm planning on a similar setup eventually but my first project on the ESP32 list (after OpenPlotter 3 ) is a boat tracker to monitor the boat when unattended (the pi is too power hungry for this)

Hi, thanks for your comments. Yes, I have recorded the connection process (although the manual does cover this now) so I'll create a video to show how that's done. The ESP will search for WiFi when it starts up, if you connect to it first and then configure the WiFi manager using your browser when it next boots it will connect to the Pi. Just remember that the ESP32 is in the 2.4 wifi band rather than 5. Once that's done approve the connection in SignalK and the data is ready to do what you want with.

Also looking forward to OP3.

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Great video!  I also subscribed.

I am going to order the same board, as this is a project I want to complete. My 1-wire sensors go all the way back to my Pi! About 30ft of cable away!

I am just putting together an Openplotter video for my channel and will be doing one on my new 15.6” screen at the helm as well.

https://youtube.com/user/techstyleuk

I was trying to pin point your accent, but getting rusty as a Mancunian living by Lake Michigan

Thanks - We've subscribed to your channel too!

Does make things easier when you just need power instead of running long cables. I've got some other ideas for ours.

I've not moved quite as far as you - I'm from North Staffordshire but I went over the border to Cheshire.

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 Next week will be a video about the circuits to go with this.

Just watched the second one 
I had a circuit for engine RPM made just with copy & paste code but it looked maybe OK. Never really got near an alternator to check if it worked so was very interested to see how you did it.

It's my circuit!!  

That' so cool someone is using it - did it work OK? 

Best I got to test was a few weeks ago just with an alternator on a bench with an electric drill spinning it. Seem to put out something useful..sorry, rubbish pics.

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I know I responded on the video, but it works great, we see a 9v pulse I think out of the alternator and it's as accurate as the VP gauge so I'm really pleased with that. The other plus for me was that both work at the same time and I didn't have to try and stick magnets to a spinning part of the engine. - Thanks again