AIS Alarm

RE: AIS Alarm

jw0752 — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:28:11 GMT

Hi Frank,

This is a great project with important application. I like your use of the recharging power stick as I too have found these very useful in providing poratble power to some of my project plus the flexibility to recharge from a USB or to run off a USB depending on how the cords are routed.

John

RE: AIS Alarm

shabaz — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:59:39 GMT

Hi Frank,

This is a really interesting project. Very cool idea to have this standalone capability to alert, and to record information that can then be more closely examined with the PC.

I'd not heard of AIS before, so it was interesting to read your blog. Also the AIS receiver looks like it uses a very interesting part for other projects too (the EZRadioPro).

RE: AIS Alarm

BigG — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:49:33 GMT

Interesting project. Having personally been at the helm of a yacht while crossing the English channel at night during a storm and almost being run over by a ferry, I can see great value in this.

However, during a storm or at night you want your crew to be on deck keeping watch etc. and navigator not being distracted. Hence would suggest you upgrade the MCU to a Bluetooth based MCU, such as TI's CC26xxx range, for example. This way alerts can be transmitted straight to deck or even directly to skipper (with wearables device), without need for rewiring the boat.

RE: AIS Alarm

mcb1 — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:32:52 GMT

Sounds like a great concept.

The big issue you'll have is getting it commercialised, since vessels of that size are not pleasureboats and will be subject to various regulations.

Commercial ADS-B units for aircraft are similarily stuck in the regulations as well.

I looked at AIS some time ago, but since we are too far from the coast, it's not much use.

There is a version using an RTl-SDR

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-tutorial-cheap-ais-ship-tracking/

I think they really need to be Ethernet connected and standalone to become as popular as the ADS_B has become.

Mark