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

Robert Withers robert.withers at pm.me
Wed Sep 30 20:15:59 UTC 2020


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!
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>> https://www.bandg.com/en-gb/bg/type/chartplotter/bg-zeus3-7-mfdworld-basemap
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>> So the obvious question is whether I can figure out how to boot Squeak on this chart plotter!!! Shizaam!
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>> 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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