[squeak-dev] Looking to build a WeatherStation for my sailboat

Robert Withers robert.withers at pm.me
Wed Sep 30 20:18:09 UTC 2020


Removed the SPAM moniker...Jeez, what paranoia? F*cks hard with my PTSD.

On 9/30/20 4:15 PM, Robert Withers wrote:

> I asked on StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64145054/what-processor-runs-the-bg-zeus-3s-chartplotter-and-can-we-get-into-the-boot-c
>
> On 9/30/20 4:01 PM, Robert Withers wrote:
>
>> I am searching for the processor for the Zeus 3S 7" and cannot find anything more than the "high-performance quad-core processor". The so called "Glass Helm" device has a iMX 8 integrated six-core processor. I could find the tech specs. All the docs I see only state: "The Zeus³'s high-performance processor". *grumble*
>>
>> K, r
>>
>> On 9/30/20 2:23 PM, Robert wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Tim, check it!
>>>
>>> Re: recent discussions about multi-touch 12” displays. Lookie-Lookie what I have just learned comes with the sailboat I bought. It is the Zeus3S 7”? I guess 7” chart plotter, a $1,300 value with maps for entire east coast! Bam! We’re cooking now! Ready for my trans-Atlantic trip to Portugal by way of the Azores, a 2022. This chart plotter can handle it! Global. It is good to know where I am and what lay ahead!
>>>
>>> https://www.bandg.com/en-gb/bg/type/chartplotter/bg-zeus3-7-mfdworld-basemap
>>>
>>> So the obvious question is whether I can figure out how to boot Squeak on this chart plotter!!! Shizaam!
>>>
>>> Honestly, with freely downloadable chart data, I was thinking of combining your weather station (w depth sounder) with a Squeak-based navigation chart plotter capability. Then I learned about my Zeus 3! :-D
>>>
>>> Kindly,
>>> Robert
>>> . .. ... ‘...^,^
>
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> K, r

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K, r
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