Color Platforms for Top Hat/XCSoar

Those are in Australia, Chip.
One of them looked like it was built in a PVC chassis, but I have no idea what goes into building an OpenVario. Prefer to support the people that make stuff for us.
You could probably keep an OpenVario or any other instrument nice and cool by putting it in the panel of a JS3.
Jim

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 12:11:42 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Didn't realize there was much OpenVario action over here. Haven't heard anything about heat problems.
Chip Bearden
"JB"

Yes, Galaxy Note 4 is sun readable and I fly with regular, non-polarized sunglasses. Note 5 is said to be still better; Note 7 which I only had few days before the recall was phenomenal with the screen brightness of over 1000 nits and light sensors on both sides, front and rear, so that the screen kept the same brightness in circling. Now wait for the announced Note 8 to appear in August with the screen of 6.3 inches, probably.


Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
Daylight readable with polarized sunglasses
Internal GPS and barograph for backup system use.
Large very high resolution screen
many spares available
Recent android OS not obsolete windows CE type stuff - will be supported for several more years.
Wifi
Bluetooth
I used it 2 years with XCsoar and it worked great.

I fly with the Note 4 with polarized sunglasses. Works fine. Great device.

Currently using LG G3. Works great. Replaceable battery, bright enough screen, works in any orientation with polarized glasses, excellent built in barometer.

I use Tophat on a Nook e-reader with B&W e-ink display. I gladly forego color for the size and sunshine-readability of this display. The Nook runs Android 2.x and they don't make them any more, but hopefully it'll keep running for some years. A disadvantage of the Nook is that it lacks an internal GPS, I've used an external USB GPS puck connected via an OTG Y-cable, now use a serial GPS module that I hardwired into the Nook's motherboard. The latter is more reliable, but the soldering job is demanding.

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 10:16:28 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I use Tophat on a Nook e-reader with B&W e-ink display.
I gladly forego color for the size and sunshine-readability of this display.
The Nook runs Android 2.x and they don't make them any more...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/292161463922?ul_noapp=true

On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 6:35:54 AM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 10:16:28 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I use Tophat on a Nook e-reader with B&W e-ink display.
I gladly forego color for the size and sunshine-readability of this display.
The Nook runs Android 2.x and they don't make them any more...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/292161463922?ul_noapp=true

On the topic of Android devices; it would be nice to have a commercial source for an out of the box IOIO system.
It seams that the IOIO is only available in a kit form, that is in parts... soldering, etc. required, mostly over my head at least in my case.....

On the topic of Android devices; it would be nice to have a commercial source for an out of the box IOIO system.
It seams that the IOIO is only available in a kit form, that is in parts... soldering, etc. required, mostly over my head at least in my case.....

I would like a commercial source for one as well.
Chris

On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 8:53:50 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On the topic of Android devices; it would be nice to have a commercial source for an out of the box IOIO system.
It seams that the IOIO is only available in a kit form, that is in parts... soldering, etc. required, mostly over my head at least in my case.....

I would like a commercial source for one as well.
Chris

I am using a nifty little device called Androport from Glidertools in the Czech Republic .
I use it to supply my Nook (or any other Android device) with data from my C302 plus enough power to actually charge the Nook while in flight.
When I used the phone I notice that there is insufficient power to actually charge the battery but it does slow down the discharge rate.

Unfortunately, Glidertools seems to be no more as I would like to have had another one. I'm surprised that no one else has produced such a gizmo to fill this void.

Bob 7U

At 23:59 25 June 2017, 6PK wrote:
On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 6:35:54 AM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 10:16:28 PM UTC-4,

wrote:
I use Tophat on a Nook e-reader with B&W e-ink display.
I gladly forego color for the size and sunshine-readability of this
display.
The Nook runs Android 2.x and they don't make them any
more...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/292161463922?ul_noapp=true

On the topic of Android devices; it would be nice to have a
commercial
source for an out of the box IOIO system.
It seams that the IOIO is only available in a kit form, that is in
parts...
soldering, etc. required, mostly over my head at least in my case.....


Another vote for Openvario running XCSoar here. I'm using the 7"
modified texim display.

No problems with heat. Did initially have crashes but traced it to a
corrupt install on the SD card. New SD card and re-install solved it. I
expect heat could precipitate existing problems / errors.