Doing things right
Making a dumbest tablet a navigation device with NMEA
22.10.2026 https://y-b.one/2026/10/making-a-dumbest-tablet-a-navigation-device-with-nmea/
Used tablets are cheap and everywhere, and most of them have no GPS at all. A chart app without a position is just a very expensive paper chart. So let’s make the boat’s 5G router tell the tablet where it is, over Wi-Fi, with NMEA and a tiny container.
continue reading ~12 min
Making a dumbest tablet a navigation device with NMEA
22.10.2026 https://y-b.one/2026/10/making-a-dumbest-tablet-a-navigation-device-with-nmea/
Used tablets are cheap and everywhere, and most of them have no GPS at all. A chart app without a position is just a very expensive paper chart. So let’s make the boat’s 5G router tell the tablet where it is, over Wi-Fi, with NMEA and a tiny container.
continue reading ~12 min
Making a dumbest tablet a navigation device with NMEA
22.10.2026 https://y-b.one/2026/10/making-a-dumbest-tablet-a-navigation-device-with-nmea/
Used tablets are cheap and everywhere, and most of them have no GPS at all. A chart app without a position is just a very expensive paper chart. So let’s make the boat’s 5G router tell the tablet where it is, over Wi-Fi, with NMEA and a tiny container.
continue reading ~12 min