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I have a 5 meter fiberglass boat that I've wired all my electronics into but it's not as good as it could be. I have a jre echo sounder, gps, bla bla bla and I don't like it. My thoughts have me scouring YouTube and the internet for an all in 1 unit to replace the big heavy equipment bolted to the cabin roof, I've learnt a tiny bit about the arduino and don't fully understand its capabilities but assume I'm on the right path. I'm wondering if an arduino can be made to display GPS and nmea data like a chart plotter, engine rpm, play music from a smart phone via Bluetooth, switch relays to power an anchor winch, turn on and off lights, touch screen of course. Has anyone attempted or heard of a project like this before or have an idea of where one might start?. I believe this could be a real game changer for anyone with a boat, yacht, PWC or canoe who wants to explore or find a good fishing hole providing they have a 12volt battery. Any advice or help would be helping 100,000 boaties out there wanting an all in 1 reliable unit.

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  • There are lots of waterproof cell phones available, some quite low cost. They can do the GPS functions and Bluetooth audio etc.

    Bluetooth peripherals to perform sonar functions, engine monitoring, relay activation etc. are all available.

    The only thing missing is an app that does everything you might want.

    Implementing it all on an arduino or Raspberry Pi will cost more than the cell phone approach, but might provide hours of designing and building fun. (actually it will take months assuming you already have the knowledge)

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  • There are lots of waterproof cell phones available, some quite low cost. They can do the GPS functions and Bluetooth audio etc.

    Bluetooth peripherals to perform sonar functions, engine monitoring, relay activation etc. are all available.

    The only thing missing is an app that does everything you might want.

    Implementing it all on an arduino or Raspberry Pi will cost more than the cell phone approach, but might provide hours of designing and building fun. (actually it will take months assuming you already have the knowledge)

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  • in reply to dougw

    i'm still doing my homework on how to make all this work and so far my thought is to have the maps and gps running on a phone via an app or have them over-layed using a parted out and reassembled computer with a touch screen, could also just give up as i'm running out of ideas that check all the boxes it requires........