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Garmin GMI 20 & GHC 20, back on top?
Written by Ben Ellison on Apr 29, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub In my opinion it was the Garmin GMI 10 that trail blazed the wonderful world of color NMEA 2000 all-in-one displays, but...
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BEP CZone Signal Interface, a NMEA 2000 winner
Written by Ben Ellison on May 3, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub That screen above makes me so happy! I had been reluctant to give up on Gizmo’s standalone tank monitoring system but...
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A closer look at Lowrance’s HDS Gen2 Touch
Written by Kees Verruijt on May 13, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub Today is an excellent time to look in more depth at the Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch, a slightly awkward name for six products...
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Garmin GMI 20, hand’s on, surprises found
Written by Ben Ellison on May 23, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I’m embarrassed about how shabby Gizmo’s fly bridge electronics panel has gotten, but isn’t it great that with the arrival...
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Maretron SMS100, advanced NMEA 2000 monitoring via cell texts
Written by Ben Ellison on Jun 3, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub Two recent experiences make me particularly excited about the Maretron SMS100 announced today (and already shipping). During...
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Dr. Yung’s NMEA 2000 lab, Ship Convergence Center too!
Written by Ben Ellison on Jun 7, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I so appreciated getting to know Dr. Yung Ho Yu — known around the world simply as Dr. Yung — at the Korea Maritime...
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Volvo Penta (Garmin) Glass Cockpit, just the beginning?
Written by Ben Ellison on Aug 1, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub When I wrote about seeing the new Garmin 8000 Glass Helm series in Miami, several knowledgeable readers commented about how...
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Hand’s on Vesper Vision, Class B AIS superstar
Written by Ben Ellison on Aug 27, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I ended my entry about Vesper Marine’s excellent AIS collision avoidance software with tentative enthusiasm about the...
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NMEA 0183 lives: Digital Yacht GP150 DualNav & Furuno IF-NMEA2K2 Converter
Written by Ben Ellison on Oct 1, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I’ll write soon with NMEA Conference details of the futuristic (and unfinished) NMEA OneNet standard, but I also left San...
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Actisense EMU-1, analog engine gauges to NMEA 2000 happiness
Written by Ben Ellison on Oct 13, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub It’s great to test an unusual device that promises to do something new and desirable for the good vessel Gizmo and find out...
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Ancor goes NMEA 2000 & the BEP Pro Installer line
Written by Ben Ellison on Nov 15, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub Perhaps, coming soon to a marine electronics store near you (though not yet online) is a fairly complete line of NMEA 2000...
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Holy Garmin cow: SideVü/DownVü, GPSMAP 800/1000, GMR 18/24 xHD, Meteor 300,...
Written by Ben Ellison on Nov 18, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub Garmin is purportedly announcing nearly fifty 2014 marine products today! A lot are related to the company’s new ability to...
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NMEA OneNet 2013, already ahead of the curve?
Written by Ben Ellison on Dec 9, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub OneNet is the NMEA’s ongoing effort to create a subset of Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) standards for marine...
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B&G H5000 tempts my racing heart
Written by Kees Verruijt on Dec 22, 2013 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub At the METS 2013 show in Amsterdam last month B&G unveiled their new H5000 range of sailing instruments and auto...
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Maretron FFM100 fuel flow monitor test (part 1), as good as it gets?
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 9, 2014 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub When I first wrote about Maretron’s FFM100 fuel flow monitor, I was enthused about both its advanced sensor technology and...
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Maretron N2KView: prices slashed, architecture improved, and BNWAS
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 13, 2014 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I find Steve Dashew’s latest FPB 78 long-range powerboat design so intriguing that I won’t link to it until the end of this...
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Victron Color Control GX, more than a power display
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 16, 2014 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub The photo could be sharper, but I like it for two reasons. First, it’s confirmation that an ambitious product, which doesn’t...
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NMEA 2000 Certification, in the Panbo crossfire
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 22, 2014 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub It’s great that boaters on research missions are constantly (though quietly) digging through the Panbo archives (or using...
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Garmin VIRB “action” camera, also great on a slow boat
Written by Ben Ellison on Jan 27, 2014 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub I think that Garmin hit a home run with the VIRB action cameras they began shipping last fall. I’ve been testing the regular...
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Icom M506, five models of goodness
Written by Ben Ellison on Feb 6, 2014 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub When Standard Horizon introduced its Matrix AIS/GPS radio in December, we learned from a European reader that Icom UK was...
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