NMEA / SeaTalk gateway for Arduino Mega
Marine electronics plays an important role in now a day boating sailing and yachting. The last generation up to dated multifunctional displays are a crucial component in modern yacht gears. The spread of sofisticated navigational aids gather the rise of a easy navigation feeling. Navigation, both on powerboats and sailing boats as well, is not easy. It could be confortable, but is a load of responsabilities that the sailor holds on him/herself, on his/her guests, on rescuers in case of accident and on the marine environment. The FairWind project fill the gap between the availability of powerful electronic navigational aids and the knowledge about this technology as something common in sailors' culture.
The software FairWindPCB_Lite is a NMEA and SeaTalk gateway working on Arduino Mega 2560. The choiche of this platform is due to the need for 3 hardware serials able to manage the 9 bits setup and enough memory for input/output queues management.
The PCB will be release soon. Any improvement is welcomed!