NMEA 2000

Jan
23
Set up Signal K and Grafana on Raspberry Pi with PICAN-M NMEA 2000 board

Set up Signal K and Grafana on Raspberry Pi with PICAN-M NMEA 2000 board

With the advent of streamlined Raspberry Pi + NMEA 2000 hardware, building a dedicated Signal K server has never been easier. This article walks you through the steps.
30 min read
Dec
14
Vesper Cortex after a few months

Vesper Cortex after a few months

The Vesper Cortex is an AIS Class B+ SOTDMA transponder combined with VHF radio and remote monitoring. It shows amazing promise after the first few months of use.
43 min read
Dec
03
Actisense smart universal terminators

Actisense smart universal terminators

Keep your NMEA 2000 network running smoothly with a universal terminator that has an LED showing bus voltage, and can be used easily at either end of the bus.
6 min read
Oct
20
NMEA 2000 powered Raspberry Pi

NMEA 2000 powered Raspberry Pi

Easy to install Raspberry Pi computer that gets its power from the NMEA 2000 bus. Great for SignalK, OpenCPN, and OpenPlotter.
20 min read
Sep
25
Furuno SCX-20 Satellite Compass

Furuno SCX-20 Satellite Compass

I've been using the Furuno SCX-20 Satellite Compass and am impressed. It has a super accurate GPS, compass, roll/pitch/yaw, and all in a tiny package.
12 min read
Mar
28
Real-time weather from the boat

Real-time weather from the boat

Getting real-time weather data from the boat is now possible using SignalK and some plugins, plus beautiful dashboards in Grafana, with the data stored in Influx
9 min read
Dec
27
Victron GX now sends NMEA 2000

Victron GX now sends NMEA 2000

Victron has had a lot of impressive connectivity products, but one area they have had challenges with is in getting all of that data onto NMEA 2000. In their recent v2.40 release, that has changed for the better.
7 min read
Dec
15
NMEA 2000 network troubleshooting tools

NMEA 2000 network troubleshooting tools

NMEA 2000 networks are part of any connected boat, and can be problematic by nature of their design. Troubleshooting an N2K network can be done very easily.
15 min read
Apr
02
Rendezvous initial networks

Rendezvous initial networks

In the last 4 months, I have been developing my overall network on board Rendezvous. I wanted a good WiFi/Ethernet network to connect me to the outside world, as well as a well developed NMEA 2000 network for marine equipment while underway. So far, here's what I have...
18 min read
Mar
19
Diesel tank monitoring with Maretron TLM

Diesel tank monitoring with Maretron TLM

Monitoring my diesel tank level is much easier now that I've installed a Maretron TLM ultrasonic tank sensor.
5 min read