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We finally got the expected and promised delivery of the ARM CPU and we have a production batch of the Octal NMEA/CAN/Ethernet interface unit CN8E available and we will start shipping orders from our backlog. We will approach all customers … Continue reading →

It seems like the electronics industry will always suffer from enormous fluctuations in demand. The automotive industry is suffering really bad, with large semiconductor manufacturers stating delivery time of more than one year. We are small players in this market … Continue reading →

Our operations are little affected by the current situation. We are relying on subcontractors for PCB manufacturing, testing and logistics, but we have no activity in central Stockholm and as far as we know all shipping operators like UPS, DHL … Continue reading →

As many ship installations gets new GPS/Glonass/Galileo receivers, many with enhanced position inaccuracy (= added decimal places), it has been a problem that NMEA messages sometimes gets longer than strictly allowed. Our firmware was deisgned to check for NMEA syntax … Continue reading →

We recenbtly got a question on the Q&A page asking us to clarify the if our products were wheelmarked and type approved. We have been discussing this, but clarifying this once again makes no harm. “Short answer is no and … Continue reading →

Since we are based in Sweden, possible home country of Santa (although our eastern neighbours are convinced he is based in Rovaniemi!) it would be nice to post a snowy picture. However, the sad  truth is that in the Stockholm … Continue reading →

During the time 14 – 24 July, we will have limited capacity and our logistics partner for delivery etc will also mean low activity, “Nordic style”! Mails will be read on daily basis.

We developed the single bidirectional channel NMEA/Ethernet device N1E a few years ago. However, its 8-channel sibling, the CN8E quickly took over the market and we have delivered this in considerable numbers, both as a generic product and re-branded for … Continue reading →

It seems, in view of the ongoing ECDIS installation boom, that lack of a lot of very basic NMEA knowledge is causing severe problems. First of all, all type-approved bridge equipment serial data inputs are compliant with either NMEA 0183/IEC … Continue reading →

Edited and clarified 2013-03-12: Through the years we’ve had a number of questions around this and we had another discussion yesterday with a customer. Essentially, a gyro is a device for sensing heading. Some gyros also have a rate output … Continue reading →