Andrew Gideon wrote:

MC wrote:

Andrew Gideon wrote:

Can anyone provide a pointer to some hardware/software usable on a
portable computer (Microsoft's CE, or perhaps even XP on a small system)
that provides a backup AI solution using "solid state gyros"
(accelerometers?
altitude heading reference system?). I'm looking for something that I
can run on a system also running Airgator's NavAir product.

Bluetooth-speaking would be especially interesting.

Anyway.., make sure you're siting down and look at ;
http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/
and
http://www.xbow.com/

Why do I need to be sitting? But unless I'm missing it, the first is about
full EFIS-type solutions. That's not quite what I'm seeking.

They have (or did have at one time), modules to give heading/attitude/etc
to feed into their EFIS panels.

Honeywell also have modules (HMR3200, HMR3300) which give a
magnetic-heading output, but will also provide some attitude/roll information.


My "baseline" is AnywhereAI. I'm looking for something similar that can
work along with AirGator's NavAir (or something similar).

The xbow site is interesting, and I'm going to spend more time on it to
learn more about this product space, but I don't see anything integrated
into the type of backup AI I'm seeking. Again, though, I could easily be
missing something on the site.

You'd have to write an app. to decode and present the data-stream
from the sensor(s) that you have.
AFAIK there doesn't appear to be much standardisation of the
data-streams across manufacturers/sensors,
(although there are NMEA sentences which could be used satisfactorily)