LX Mini Map

Hi
Have you considered the Oudie it runs Seeyou has a internal battery, Gps
and can connect to a Nano by Bluetooth.
Martin

Has anyone actually seen one? The screen is said to be good but better
than OUDIE with the terrain shut off? I am about to make some changes
for the coming year and have been looking.

John Seaborn
A8


On Oct 27, 1:29*pm, Martin Joyce wrote:
Hi
Have you considered the Oudie it runs Seeyou has a internal battery, Gps
and can connect to a Nano by Bluetooth.
Martin

Has anyone actually seen one? The screen is said to be good but better
than OUDIE with the terrain shut off?


Just had one of Richard Pfeifer's display units in my hand about 20
minutes ago. Very bright, significantly brighter than the Oudie it was
right next to, but they both had terrain on... screen size is a little
smaller though, but looked on par with the Craggy Ultimate's
brightness in the lighting of the museum we were at. Full sun is
probably a different story, but I was definitely impressed with it.
Not sure of the resolution, but it looks very sharp. Unit is about
3/4" thick and has about a 3/4" border around the screen, but it's
shell constructed entirely of aluminum and feels very solid, and more
heft to it than a PDA. It is definitely not in the same class of
devices as the Oudie and the rest of the PNA gang.

-Paul

I am considering it, a little. It needs GPS, but I have a powerflarm
on order and if/when that ships it could probably pass GPS and Flarm.
I really like the stick control option. It uses .4 amp (according to
the specs) which is as an HP310 pulls when it's charging the HP310's
dead battery, and more than a transponder.

Brian

Hi,

The Mini Map has the same size and resolution dislay screen as an iPAQ 310.
It is 800 x 480 pixels.

You can see a comparison of the different size displays he
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/pda.h...ize_Comparison

It looks like a very impressive display and product. I like that is it
brighter and higher resolution than an Oudie, but a little smaller. I think
it will popular because of its brightness and high resolution. I wish it
wasn't twice the price of the Oudie, but it is still much less expensive
than the ClearNav or LX 9000 (which are also very bright).

I look forward to playing with one soon. I should have it on my web site in
a few days.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.


"sisu1a" wrote in message
...
Has anyone actually seen one? The screen is said to be good but better
than OUDIE with the terrain shut off?


Just had one of Richard Pfeifer's display units in my hand about 20
minutes ago. Very bright, significantly brighter than the Oudie it was
right next to, but they both had terrain on... screen size is a little
smaller though, but looked on par with the Craggy Ultimate's
brightness in the lighting of the museum we were at. Full sun is
probably a different story, but I was definitely impressed with it.
Not sure of the resolution, but it looks very sharp. Unit is about
3/4" thick and has about a 3/4" border around the screen, but it's
shell constructed entirely of aluminum and feels very solid, and more
heft to it than a PDA. It is definitely not in the same class of
devices as the Oudie and the rest of the PNA gang.

-Paul

On Oct 30, 4:41*pm, sisu1a wrote:
Has anyone actually seen one? The screen is said to be good but better
than OUDIE with the terrain shut off?

Just had one of Richard Pfeifer's display units in my hand about 20
minutes ago. Very bright, significantly brighter than the Oudie it was
right next to, but they both had terrain on... screen size is a little
smaller though, but looked on par with the Craggy Ultimate's
brightness in the lighting of the museum we were at. Full sun is
probably a different story, but I was definitely impressed with it.
Not sure of the resolution, but it looks very sharp. Unit is about
3/4" thick and has about a 3/4" border around the screen, but it's
shell constructed entirely of aluminum and feels very solid, and more
heft to it than a PDA. It is definitely not in the same class of
devices as the Oudie and the rest of the PNA gang.

-Paul

At the same event we walked out side with the MiniMap and in slightly
overcast but pretty bright sunlight I thought the display was very
readable with both background terrain on and off. Clearly much better
outside than the Oudie (as expected). This is the display I now want
given that it is the largest I could see cramming into a tight panel
and runs SeeYou. And I liked the ability to drive the miniMap/Vario
combination with a PowerFLARM and have the air-data added to the NMEA
stream by the vario. Folks designing this stuff are thinking (although
with the small niggle I'd still like to see less separate interface
boards/cables). If anybody has one and does not want it I'll give it a
good home. Richard had a meter there, it was not drawing as much as
0.4A but I don't recall the exact number. Maybe he can reply with the
number (with different display brightesses).

Darryl

On 10/30/2010 10:33 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:


At the same event we walked out side with the MiniMap and in slightly
overcast but pretty bright sunlight I thought the display was very
readable with both background terrain on and off. Clearly much better
outside than the Oudie (as expected). This is the display I now want
given that it is the largest I could see cramming into a tight panel
and runs SeeYou. And I liked the ability to drive the miniMap/Vario
combination with a PowerFLARM and have the air-data added to the NMEA
stream by the vario.


Are you saying that you can hook up the pitot and static lines to the
back of the vario? If so, this product is very promising.


Folks designing this stuff are thinking (although
with the small niggle I'd still like to see less separate interface
boards/cables). If anybody has one and does not want it I'll give it a
good home. Richard had a meter there, it was not drawing as much as
0.4A but I don't recall the exact number. Maybe he can reply with the
number (with different display brightesses).

Darryl

On 10/31/2010 9:03 AM, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 10/30/2010 10:33 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:


At the same event we walked out side with the MiniMap and in slightly
overcast but pretty bright sunlight I thought the display was very
readable with both background terrain on and off. Clearly much better
outside than the Oudie (as expected). This is the display I now want
given that it is the largest I could see cramming into a tight panel
and runs SeeYou. And I liked the ability to drive the miniMap/Vario
combination with a PowerFLARM and have the air-data added to the NMEA
stream by the vario.


Are you saying that you can hook up the pitot and static lines to the
back of the vario? If so, this product is very promising.


The vario is described he

http://wingsandwheels.com/pdf/USB-D.pdf

but it doesn't say whether this is just a basic vario, or also one that
takes pitot and static and calculates airspeed. However, judging from
the depth of the unit, it must be more than just a basic vario.

Am 31.10.2010 17:34, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 10/31/2010 9:03 AM, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 10/30/2010 10:33 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:


At the same event we walked out side with the MiniMap and in slightly
overcast but pretty bright sunlight I thought the display was very
readable with both background terrain on and off. Clearly much better
outside than the Oudie (as expected). This is the display I now want
given that it is the largest I could see cramming into a tight panel
and runs SeeYou. And I liked the ability to drive the miniMap/Vario
combination with a PowerFLARM and have the air-data added to the NMEA
stream by the vario.


Are you saying that you can hook up the pitot and static lines to the
back of the vario? If so, this product is very promising.


The vario is described he

http://wingsandwheels.com/pdf/USB-D.pdf

but it doesn't say whether this is just a basic vario, or also one that
takes pitot and static and calculates airspeed. However, judging from
the depth of the unit, it must be more than just a basic vario.


To my understanding this is only the dislay unit that you can hook up to
various LX devices, e.g. LX7007, LX8000, LX1606, LX Mini Map. It
replaces the earlier LCD or analog Display Units.

The LX Mini Map seems to get only GPS Data, no static/pivot data. If you
hook it up to a more advanced LX computer, you'll get the full range of
vario data.
--
Peter Scholz
ASW24 JE

On Oct 31, 9:34*am, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 10/31/2010 9:03 AM, Greg Arnold wrote:

On 10/30/2010 10:33 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:

At the same event we walked out side with the MiniMap and in slightly
overcast but pretty bright sunlight I thought the display was very
readable with both background terrain on and off. Clearly much better
outside than the Oudie (as expected). This is the display I now want
given that it is the largest I could see cramming into a tight panel
and runs SeeYou. And I liked the ability to drive the miniMap/Vario
combination with a PowerFLARM and have the air-data added to the NMEA
stream by the vario.

Are you saying that you can hook up the pitot and static lines to the
back of the vario? If so, this product is very promising.

The vario is described he

http://wingsandwheels.com/pdf/USB-D.pdf

but it doesn't say whether this is just a basic vario, or also one that
takes pitot and static and calculates airspeed. *However, judging from
the depth of the unit, it must be more than just a basic vario.
Greg

Richard was showing that The USB-D vario connected to the Minimap (you
should have driven up for the PASCO meeting). And I asked that
question (twice I think :-)) and he said the USB-D box passes TAS
data to SeeYou. The data sheets don't show all the details, I wish
they would show the rear panels more. I've also not understood this
from what I'd read online so far. And again if I understand it right
this really make this look like a nice "air data computer" box --
something LX might want to explain more clearly (they would then
appear a much more serious option to the C302).

The USB-D mechanical needle and LCD display is beautiful and easy to
configure what is shown etc. from SeeYou Mobile (and other vario
settings).

USB-D is not a great name choice lost somewhere between USB and ADS-B.

Darryl