Re: simple NMEA display

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:33:29 +0200, Daniele Fua
<daniele.fua@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is there an easy way to build a display that will show some chosen NMEA data?
I have seen on the market programmable units that sell for several hundred $ and I know that a computer is easily interfaced but what I need is just a simple, cheap and weatherproof repeater at the helm to display only few of the zillion data available at the underdeck main navigation station. For example decoding just part of BWC and VTG and displaying, say, four lines would be enough (COG, heading, bearing to waypoint, and distance to waypoint).



I think what you are looking for is a CruzPro RP-60 Intelligent NMEA
0183 Remote Data Repeater:

http://www.mpsadventurer.com/cruzpro_nmea_data_repeater.htm

http://www.mpsadventurer.com/cruz%20prices.pdf

It seems reasonably priced at about $200 USD. I don't think you
could build anything cheaper than that considering development costs
and equipment.


FWIW, I have been using one of these for the last couple of years. It has performed as advertised, and the manufacturer was responsive to my queries.
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