Poor mans Ipilot

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Originally Posted by xring

I have read this thread from start to finish, I am in awe of the talent on crappie.com. If I ever hit the jackpot on the lottery, I intend to head down to Dub-L-Seat with a new boat and park myself while these guys do their magic....until then I'll read along and may one day say, I knew this guy when he was just starting out!!

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Shoot, if I had even half the knowledge of Mr. Canepole this thing would be finished and fishing already!! But thanks for the good words.

Just checking in to see if there is any progress. I love this thread.

Thanks,
Jim

Hey Blackland, just checking in to see if there any new updates on this project?

very impressive

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Originally Posted by CarolinaJim

Hey Blackland, just checking in to see if there any new updates on this project?

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Yes sir Mr Jim, I'm upgrading a few componets at this moment. I had to add a higher capacity board so I had to go back and completely rewrite the program, plus the new board wasnt compatable with the humminbird GPS "out of the box" so there was a little work to do there. I have it where it will hold a course, run preplanned courses and run the motor from a control panel but there is still a bunch of work to do and I don't have the resources to devote to it like Id like, but I am making headway on the project now. I'm trying to work a touch screen into the setup but thats still a little into the future. I hope to have a bolt on autopilot for under $400 by spring, but time will tell.

Just checking any progress.