laptop chartplotter

[wgry234]

went out fishing yesterday fed up moving plotter to get rid of glare and also small screen so had a look around my list of unused computer parts and found 1laptop with broken screen a wireless mouse and a 17 inch lcd monitor with power supplies,removed laptop screen just had bottom part of laptop connected monitor worked a treat,cut ends of power supply off connected to a 12volt battery also worked a treat worked solid on a 3/4 charge small car battery for over 7 hours without recharge installed plotter software also worked champion all done trying on boat today in theory should be able to connect laptop to gps through nmea connection on chartplotter for gps signal if not an external usb gps will be fine im sure post some pics later

 

[wgry234]

result

result

connected laptop and monitor direct to 12volt then connected to chartplotter gps found working fine and dandy apart from one of my batterys is low amps so need to replace with 110amp instead of 55amp other one is 85 amp when everything connected and switched on perfect

 

[skiny]

hey if it works mate jobs a goodun.

 

[Charlton]

nice one

 

[wgry234]

works great makes a difference with a big screen

 

[canman]

It's all way over my head, so all I can say is, i'm impressed. Does it work the same as a stand alone plotter with go too and tracking etc.

 

[wgry234]

much better split screen with same map zoom in 1 dont zoom the other waypoints simple right click and new waypoint anyplace edit put long and lat then right click to active and away you go follow the line

 

[gypsyjabber]

connected laptop and monitor direct to 12volt then connected to chartplotter gps found working fine and dandy apart from one of my batterys is low amps so need to replace with 110amp instead of 55amp other one is 85 amp when everything connected and switched on perfect

looks great job done.

 

[codseeker]

bloody marvelous

 

[wgry234]

cheers mr have you seen catch report nightingale

 

[kingcod deano]

cracking piece of work well done mate wonder what it would look like on a 50 inch plasma

 

[codseeker]

cheers mr have you seen catch report nightingale

yes i have and im very jealous indeed

 

[wgry234]

he got lucky

 

[wgry234]

looks great job done.

screen too big to go where i want it so will have to make some adjustments

 

[wgry234]

update

update

managed to find a nice spot for screen everything champion need to connect to fishfinder for depth then all sorted

 

[Fishery Pokery]

Nice job mate, I want to do something simlar myself.
I was looking at the touch screen tough books, but yours seems a lot cheaper and just as effective option.
Geoff

 

[wgry234]

final cost laptop with broken screen £40.00 removed screen memory upgrade £10.00 charts from internet screen old test one i had wireless mouse i had spare dont need power supplies connect direct to 12 volt then connect 2 wires to chartplotter for gps job done for £50.00 for a fully functioned chart plotter and i can see it

 

[codseeker]

nice one m8 i see ya sussed the know how putting pics up

 

[wgry234]

yep cheers mr no stopping me now

 

[codseeker]

i popped down other day seen ya playing inside the boat and chatting to nieghbour pity i had left me catapult in the car