AIS (Automatic Identification System) An Introduction and Practical Guide

This guide introduces boaters to the essentials of AIS, demystifying its operation, benefits, limitations, and practical integration with other onboard equipment.
This guide introduces boaters to the essentials of AIS, demystifying its operation, benefits, limitations, and practical integration with other onboard equipment.
For the uninitiated, the dashboard of a modern sailing yacht or small fishing boat can look incredibly complicated. Let's continue learning the basics of boat electronics together.
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Your shiny new plotter and sailing instruments are ready for installation, but those tarnished old analogue engine gauges don't fit with your vision of a glass cockpit.
B&G Nemesis: B&G have announced a new generation sailing data display. This rectangular touch screen display is available in 12″ and 9″ versions. The Nemesis is…
Part 3 of this series will make you a master of NMEA 0183. This older standard has been around for decades, but it still has lots of life in it.
Part 2 of this series on networking marine electronics will introduce you to the fundamentals of the modern NMEA 2000 network cabling standard.
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