Month: February 2024

InqWind – Salt and Sweating the Details

Back to InqWind Contents Being landlocked, I don’t really have a sense of how bad a boat degrades when out on the coast. When it comes to wind speeds, however, I will certainly be making sure that the InqWind Anemometer can hold up to gale force winds. Not that I’ll be actually in the boat …

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InqWind – The No-Brainer Sensor – AS5600

Back to InqWind Contents Well… maybe more than half a brain. Fortunately at the suggestion of forum members on the OpenMarine site, I looked a little closer at the Yachta wind sensor. My first, casual glance showed the sensor Yachta used was a 12 bit sensor. The one I had originally picked out was a …

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InqWind – Sensing the Wind

Back to InqWind Contents This is the second installment for the DIY Marine Anemometer project. Use the link above to return to the first page with the project contents. This installment discusses the primary electronics being used in the project. QMC5883L 3-Axis Magnetometer I’ll be using the ubiquitous QMC5883L 3-axis magnetometer. These are readily available …

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InqWind – Aiming for a $20 Marine Anemometer

Introduction I have a small sailboat. I do not have a yacht. Living far from coasts, I’ve mostly sailed on lakes with an occasional outing to a bay or to parts of the Intercostal waterway. Even with these glorious jaunts, I’ve been with groups of other sailors on perfect sunny days. In other words, I’ve …

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