Hi Robert,
I think your best bet is going to be an Android tablet for many reasons.
Generally they will have a few advantages over Car GPS style devices (PNAs)
such as:
> High resolution screens (1920x1080 etc, same as your TV)
> Much higher technical specs (ram, cpu, storage etc)
> More connectivity options for external devices (bluetooth, wi-fi,
cellular, IOIO board etc)
> Touch screens are capacitive rather than resistive
> Large availability of accessories, such as mounting kits, cases, screen
protectors etc
> Simple to install XCSoar, just browse to the app store (play store) and
install
> With 3g/4g tablets you can add a sim card and enable live tracking
I've been running XCSoar on a Nexus 7 Tablet (second gen). I've got nothing
but good things to say about it. No issues with visibility. It's seen two
Australian nationals without any problems. I know of other club members who
use them, and i'm not aware of any problems.
Not sure i'd be confident running for 6 hours on internal battery, i doubt
there would be too many devices out there with enough battery when you are
running a GPS / display on full brightness. As they take 5v via USB,
attaching an external USB battery pack is simple enough.
Luke
On 18 May 2014 21:04, Martin Gregorie <mar...@gregorie.org> wrote:
>
> > A friend of mine recently sold their glider and is now flying club
> > gliders. He is used to XCSoar and so I am looking around for the best
> > hardware on which to run XCSoar for him
> >
> I've recently bought a Medion S3747, which I'm very pleased with. It
> should press most of his buttons.
>
> Advantages:
> - Trans-reflective screen, so easy to read in direct sunlight.
> - 1800 mAh removable internal battery (most PNAs have 800 mAh,
> non-removable battery). IIRC should run for 8 hours.
> - Can be powered from an external 5v supply: Li-ion battery or
> 12v->5v adapter.
> - Contains both a built-in GPS receiver and a barograph.
> - Micro-SD slot, so you can install either XCSoar or LK8000 on the
> micro-SD card, which is what I have done.
> - Micro-SD slot and battery are under a screw-on back panel, so little
> change of loosing either.
> - Both internal memory and micro-SD card show up as mass storage from a
> PC when connected via a USB cable (supplied with the Medion), so
> updating airspace and downloading logs is easy.
>
> Demerits:
> - 3.5" screen.
> - Runs Win CE (this may or may not be a demerit).
> - The shell.ini trick doesn't work, so you need to jailbreak it
> by installing either MioPocket or cecmd2.exe (from
> LK8000/_System/_CEUtilities among other places) in its internal
> memory. cecmd2.exe is a WinCE version of Windows Explorer. You need
> it to navigate to the SD card and tap on XCSoar/LK8000 to start it.
> - May not be available in AUS. I got mine from Amazon.de.
>
> Installation instructions for LK8000 (I haven't tried to install XCSoar
> yet) are here:
>
> http://www.gregorie.org/gliding/pna/lk8000/medion_s3747.html
>
> -----
>
> Apart from that, the best unit I've seen recently is the GliderGuider,
> which has an adequately bright, 5" screen and, like the Medion, runs
> WinCE, so it supports both XCSoar and LK8000. More details here:
>
> http://www.gliderguider.net/
>
> >From what I've heard, the Vertica 2 is identical to the GliderGuider
> unit.
>
>
> Martin
>
> PS: Not having a barograph might be more than a simple annoyance: If
> XCSoar leaves the pressure altitude column set to zero, then some log
> analysis programs won't report any altitude information. GPLIGC is one
> of them.
>
>
>
>
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