Goodwin-Powered Outerlimits Upgraded with New Chartplotter, Engine Monitoring System
 

Northern Michigan's Peter Oppermann​ pulled off this cool project to be able to read data from his custom Goodwin engines on the new chartplotter he installed in his Outerlimits V-bottom.

http://speedonthewater.com/boat-rest...itoring-system

anyone interested in the noland upgrade feel free to ask questions here

What would it take for carbed blower motors?

Any electronic guage you have on your dash can be converted from analog to digital. The noland will do 6 gauges plus 2 tachs. If you want more than 6 just buy 2 units

You can also run it to any sensor without a gauge and get a reading on the noland. You do need to know the specs for the sender to calibrate the Noland for the correct range.

If I read the article right doesn't it end up as a NEMA 2000 message?

It could interface with any NEMA 2000 compatible device then right?

yes thats correct. I think this is a cool add on to any older or custom motor.

Are there in dash mounting options? Larger display options? Cool project Pete!

If I had a 12" display and 2 nplans boxes I could run 6 gauges each engine correct?

So lots of new chartplotters offer instrument display and are designed to plug and play with things like merc smart craft but I dont have smartcraft. The Noland RS11 takes an analog signal that your guages run on and converts it to NEMA 2000 that the new chartplotters can read. So Thomas just pick the brand and size chartplotter you want (make sure it can display instruments) and you can install iot anyway you want.

And Jd you are correct and with 2 units you can have 12 gauges and 2 tachs or 3 if you had trips.

I did oil pressure, oil temp and engine temp.

As an FYI one thing I would like to explore more about the simrad units is mine has built in wireless connectivity and can be controlled on a tablet thru an app. I also think it can be connected to multiple tablets at once. Not sure tho but I think it would be cool to use a tablet mounted to the back seat for passengers to see everything I see. Or maybe my co pilot. But this all comes back to what tablets can you see in the sun.............

Nice, and just down the road from me.

Nice article Jason! I like this kind of stuff.

Thanks for the kinds words, but that one was written by speedonthewater.com's Jason Johnson.

with late 90's mercruisers, could you use the plug for the scan tool and maybe readout fuel used?

Your talking about early MEFI units? If so it's possible, but with a different device. That's known as serial data, this device does analog like voltage and resistance values.

Nice job drpete3. The Simrad and Raymarine units both have built in WiFi connection now. I can see it being handy on a bigger boat where you want to monitor engine or chart data on a tablet in the galley. But in direct sunlight, ya need something like a Simrad monitor to see anything... Does their app offer any data logging options?

As I recall from reading the manual it does. Here is the deal tho, it does so much I have only used the map and instrument display. I have yet to connect either my phone or my iPad to the display

Drpete3 what is the app used?

Thanks

Correct me if I'm wrong here Drpete, but if you have an EFI motor (or smartcraft) you could use one of these Livorsi Data Gateways to convert the ECM data to NMEA 2000. Then you should be able to display anything your ECM monitors (boost, IAT, fuel px, etc). Does the Go7 give you the options to display any of these parameters?

http://www.livorsi.com/catalog/mefi.html

I honestly cant remember what engine data the Go7 can display. The manual doesnt go into that detail and when I went into settings to set mine up I simply cant recall. On the flip side it seemed to have many options in addition to what I had set up but I just cant be specific. If I get a chance to get back on my boat ill try to remember to look.