Boat PC, how low can you go?
I’m back home, happily, and cogitating on a perennial issue: What’s a sensible compromise in terms of a compact and rugged, yet able and reasonably-priced, boat PC? A good place to start the conversation is…
Monthly Archive: November 2008
Cobra Bluetooth cell mic, & Panbo gets audio
It’s a bit telling that just before Cobra’s MR F300 Bluetooth cell mic won a DAME Design Award, I’d read some…
METS, field reports
I’m pleased to pass along METS notes from Andy Murray, Service Manager at Globe Marine, and Kees Verruijt, a software developer/entrepreneur and marine electronics enthusiast. A big thanks to both for some interesting impressions and news nuggets. Of course all biases expressed, or mistakes made, are their own! First up, Andy:
DAME Awards, Navionics &…
Congratulations to Navionics for winning the DAME Design Award (marine-related software category) with Navionics Mobile. And it turns out there’s going to be more to this product than I first understood…
Honeywell PC SS radar, wow again!
Wow, Panbo works! While it’s pure coincidence that two really interesting—though quite different—solid state marine radars were announced yesterday, I got…
Navico Broadband Radar, a really big deal?
One reason I wish I were at METS today is that Navico not only debuted its Broadband Radar, but may be running it in their booth. That’s possible because…
Navionics TurboView, a homage to NN3D
When Furuno NavNet 3D was first teased, I didn’t get the “native 3D” part…
Poly-Planar MRD-70/RD-44, multi-zone & multi-source
Comments about my Fusion stereo testing reminded me of Poly-Planar’s somewhat similar MRD-70 multi-zone audio system…
Fusion Marine Stereo, test install
I’ve had fun down in the shop/lab the past couple of days doing a dummy install of a fairly sophisticated Fusion Marine Stereo system, and in the process learned a lot about all the ways you can rig this gear…
MerCruiser Axius Premier, skyhooked
Finessing the MerCruiser Axius joystick is Amanda Marsten, who probably never foresaw this as part of her gig at…
