Cheap Ipilot - Rasperry Pi + GPS + Hack Foot Petal?

[Raycaster]

Was at Bass Pro today and I guess I have been out of the loop as I just noticed Minn Kota updated the Terrova with Bluetooth and Android/IOS apps.

 

Of course I bought mine last year and the bluetooth upgrade looks like Minn Kota offers no way to upgrade.

 

 

I got to thinking that it might be possible just to hard wire into the foot petal and let a raspberry pi with GPS and bluetooth addon unit control it.

 

And then perhaps custom Android apps could database more than 5 spotlocks etc. and make for a nice GUI for easier control.

 

My Python is pretty rusty but there is a ton of canned code available...

 

hmmm. just a thought, maybe could even poll quicker gps for a tighter spotlock.

 

JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

 

 

 

 

[Raycaster]

Surprised no geeks have replied.

 

cons: Parts approx: $200.

pros: Universal ipilot for ANY TROLLING MOTOR with a foot pedal!

[DRIFTER_016]

​While I'm somewhat geeky, I haven't played with designing and implementing that kind of stuff in many years.

No time really. Too busy building cabins, fishing rods, tying flies.

When you get it all worked out let me know, I'll try it on my Powerdrive V1 TM.

[Raycaster]

Talking with another tech friend and he pointed out why not eliminate the whole raperberry pi from the equation and just use bluetooth relays contolled from a tablet or phone with gps already available.

 

So a foot pedal connector to a waterproof enclosed $50 8 bank bluetooth relay with some canned android code would be a simple start.

 

The terrova runs on 24v with a 60A breaker so I need to check whats running through the pedals and find out about the speed setting beyond using the gps to determine it.

[DRIFTER_016]

https://blog.hackster.io/raspberry-pi-launches-the-30-compute-module-3-d7f6289b75a1#.996u24bmf