My goal in this project is three fold:
1) Learn all I can about the various marine systems I’ll be dealing with on Vibrant and the other boats we sail.
2) Build a hot pluggable nav system that I can use should the Raymarine MFD die while we are underway.
3) Build a portable nav system we can use on the various classic wooden boats we deliver or sail, many of which have very little in the way of tech.
Thinking I might be able to build one system that could do (1) and (2), not clear yet if that’s a good idea or what I want to do.
This is the Open Source distribution I’m currently testing:
https://github.com/bareboat-necessities/lysmarine_gen
This is the project page I am using for my reference implementation:
https://bareboat-necessities.github.io/my-bareboat/bareboat-os.html
The set of supported applications and peripherals is extensive.
The discussion forum page is here:
https://github.com/orgs/bareboat-necessities/discussions
I’m using a Raspberry Pi 5, after today’s discussion I’m considering getting a version complied to run with Linux on a Mini PC…
Here are a few pictures of the current prototype.
I put a one terabyte NVME drive on the Pi for speed and storage.
I have a Wegmatt dAISy 2+ dual channel AIS receiver, VFAN GPS and NooElec RTL-SDR connected in the current instantiation.
Full layout here:
Next up is packaging it for portability and protection from the harsh environment at sea:
Stay tuned for updates…