Hi All,
I have been approached by a friend who currently as an app on the web that collates real time data for yachts GPS position, wind speed, engine exhaust temp, bilge pumps active etc etc. He now wants to find a system to record the telemetry from the sensors aboard the yacht, collate the data and upload it to the web for further processing. I suggested using Arduino at each sensor with a bluetooth board piggybacked onto it and a central arduino to receive the data before uploading via ???
Is this a feasible way of data collection and am I batting in the right ball park??
Stephen.
What sensor data does he want to collect in addition to the stuff he's already getting?
Oftentimes on a yacht with a collection of sensors, there's an NMEA bus that the sensors throw their data on for any interested party to pick up. Last I looked, it was not TTL voltage, so you would need a converter for an Arduino to listen on it.
If the sensors you're interested in are all NMEA, all you need to is have one Arduino to listen and transmit the data.