Hello Esteban, I used a mobile phone for years. Sunlight readability depends on the specific hardware. Bought a second hand Dell Streak, used it for years - the screen is good. Even got the SoarTronic UART board to connect to the glider instruments - works like a charm. The Dell Streak is no longer supported in the Play Store, which makes the whole installation a bit cumbersome. The Streak only uses the GPS for altitude data. I had a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while - it has pressure sensor built-in. The old Samsung Note's have pressure sensors as well - but The S4 and Note's are discontinued.
That's when e-Book readers were supported by XCSoar. I waited a season as I did not want to be a guinea pig. Bought the first Kobo Glo HD years ago and have been using those since. The Kobo Glo HD works very well with the Bluefly vario as a standalone instrument. A SoarTronic OTX module allows connecting the Kobo to your glider and includes GPS, Flarm, Vario, AirSpeed. That's what I run now. Kobo Glo HD's are discontinued. Some people offer fully converted Kobo Glo HD's with BlueFly varios. Expensive - but a good solution if you do not want to do a bit of building. The Kobo Clara HD is available new at an excellent price. It works very well with the BlueFly vario. But: the Clara HD won't work in OTG mode: Never, ever turn on OTG mode or you have to reflash the sd card. as the Kobo will lock up. Apart from that: that's what I use when I don't fly my own glider. The Kobo Glo HD / Clara HD screen are greyscale only. But NOTHING beats sunlight readability. Not even the latest Oudie or 3000-4000 dollar glider instruments can come close. The more sun - the better! No glare. There is plenty of info and "how-to's" out there about the Kobo conversions. Tip: Get a charging/data cable with magnetic connector - the micro USB port is a weakness. Hope this helps Erich On Thursday, 4 June 2020 at 1:10:31 am UTC+10 Esteban Bengochea via Xcsoar-user wrote: > Hello from Argentina ! > > Does anyone have suggestions when it comes to choosing the best device to > run the XCSoar for a glider pilot ? > > Thanks > > > Enviado desde Yahoo Mail para iPhone > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> >
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