A rugged solar powered laptop that ships with Linux?
A rugged solar powered laptop that ships with Linux? And there is a marine version as well? I will be very, very tempted to buy one for running OpenCPN aboard.
Woud be lower power - could setup a better case setup and tap into exsisting power on boat/solar panels and with that be a way cheaper/more robust setup.
I did a quick google on it and certainly many people been down the same path.
That laptop with fold out screens seems a somewhat cumbersome setup for a boat or any area which is not a stable surface.
Lower power setup and more robust would be far better and with that would be able to use a standard panel and less of a well as top up the battery (car battery power setup though you probable already have something rigged up on the boat). Though easy to add and be cheaper.
Kinda jelous - thats looks like a fun project, and useful.
i am already planning a raspberry pi as the fixed installation if i can only find a cheap ip67 touch screen. 12 to 14" wide would be ideal. i guess resistive touch works best outdoors at sea.
i have the rpi, but i have not tried opencpn on it yet. i am testing it on one of my old lenovo laptops instead. i am kind of waiting for the 3.11 kernel with zswap on the rpi to see how that performs.
i can see this laptop as kind of ideal indoors. water proof so you can bring it ashore, camping, etc. wire up gps, windex etc with nmea output to ethernet through a multiplexer and access them wirelessly from the laptop (and wired from the rpi)
You would be better of getting a a lowpowere rugged linux unit such as a Raspberry Pi (though maybe something with higher spec coponents and more memory) http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?331320-Raspberry-Pi-ers-turbo&p=3760143#post3760143 worth a read.
SvarSlettWoud be lower power - could setup a better case setup and tap into exsisting power on boat/solar panels and with that be a way cheaper/more robust setup.
I did a quick google on it and certainly many people been down the same path.
That laptop with fold out screens seems a somewhat cumbersome setup for a boat or any area which is not a stable surface.
Lower power setup and more robust would be far better and with that would be able to use a standard panel and less of a well as top up the battery (car battery power setup though you probable already have something rigged up on the boat). Though easy to add and be cheaper.
Kinda jelous - thats looks like a fun project, and useful.
i am already planning a raspberry pi as the fixed installation if i can only find a cheap ip67 touch screen. 12 to 14" wide would be ideal. i guess resistive touch works best outdoors at sea.
SvarSletti have the rpi, but i have not tried opencpn on it yet. i am testing it on one of my old lenovo laptops instead. i am kind of waiting for the 3.11 kernel with zswap on the rpi to see how that performs.
i can see this laptop as kind of ideal indoors. water proof so you can bring it ashore, camping, etc. wire up gps, windex etc with nmea output to ethernet through a multiplexer and access them wirelessly from the laptop (and wired from the rpi)