If like me, you are an early adopter of the Raspberry Pi and have bought the new models as they are released, you probably have a surplus of older Model B’s lying about at home. It would be a crime to let them go to waste, so why not turn them into a self-enclosed night-vision CCTV camera? I recently bought Jason Barnett’s (also known as Boeeerb on Twitter) nifty little… Read Article →
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Raspberry Pi and HDMIPi as a Marine Chart Plotter
The Problem A boat can be successfully navigated in the open sea with no electronic aids but the advent of GPS and its development into chart plotters has made the process much easier. I sail a Jenneau Sunfast 32 sailing yacht called Chameleon Too (photo 1) on the coast of East Anglia, the Thames estuary, and across the North Sea. Commercial chartplotters are OK but they cost between several hundred pounds… Read Article →