I thought I would post this here and see what everyone has to think.
Do you guys think there is a need for a “virtual GPS speedometer”? I’ve been playing around at work lately (project going very slow) with the NMEA bus messaging system common in most all GPS receivers. With what I’ve gathered over the Internet, I wrote a neat little program that simulates an analog GPS speedometer. I’ve also included; a trip odometer (I always thought that would be neat to have on a boat), digital readout of speed, knots / mph / km/h selectable, Average speed, Max Speed Recall, three ranges (100 / 140 / 180), needle movement speed, and an option to log and save data collections.
What I am wondering is, will people actually drag a lap top onto their boat and use something like this? I will admit, that while this program looks pretty cool (to me at least), I’m not sure if it’s worth bringing a whole lap top. I guess this could be used to determine acceleration plots with the data logging options.
Let me know if anyone is interested in a free copy of the software (it took me two days to write, I’m not doing this for $$$). I’ll also forward information on how to interface between the GPS and lap top. It’s very simple. Two wires from the GPS spliced into a 9 pin serial cable.
I’ve attached a screen shot of the program panel as well.
Any input is appreciated.
Do you guys think there is a need for a “virtual GPS speedometer”? I’ve been playing around at work lately (project going very slow) with the NMEA bus messaging system common in most all GPS receivers. With what I’ve gathered over the Internet, I wrote a neat little program that simulates an analog GPS speedometer. I’ve also included; a trip odometer (I always thought that would be neat to have on a boat), digital readout of speed, knots / mph / km/h selectable, Average speed, Max Speed Recall, three ranges (100 / 140 / 180), needle movement speed, and an option to log and save data collections.
What I am wondering is, will people actually drag a lap top onto their boat and use something like this? I will admit, that while this program looks pretty cool (to me at least), I’m not sure if it’s worth bringing a whole lap top. I guess this could be used to determine acceleration plots with the data logging options.
Let me know if anyone is interested in a free copy of the software (it took me two days to write, I’m not doing this for $$$). I’ll also forward information on how to interface between the GPS and lap top. It’s very simple. Two wires from the GPS spliced into a 9 pin serial cable.
I’ve attached a screen shot of the program panel as well.
Any input is appreciated.
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