August 2, 2017
measuring voltage on NMEA0183

Are you Positive about that Negative ?

A customer recently contacted us asking why he was measuring a negative voltage on his NMEA0183 Output and suggesting that his AIS had a fault. He confirmed that he had his multi-meter’s Red lead on the Output+ and the Black lead on the Output-, so how on earth could it […]
July 27, 2017

Aqua Compact Pro gets an upgrade

Our Aqua Compact Pro has a new processor upgrade and now incorporates the latest Intel i3, 7th generation processor.  These are soldered direct to board for increased reliability in the marine environment. Latest changes include: i3 7100U processor, 8GB DDR4 memory Dual display outputs – full size HDMI and USB […]
July 4, 2017

Digital Yacht launch Code Afloat Competition

Budding programmer or have a great idea for a new boating app?  Then this could be for you…. Digital Yacht’s new Code Afloat challenge is a competition for innovative code writers that seeks to encourage and recognise ideas and applications that ‘change the game’ in the field of marine navigation, […]
June 26, 2017

uAIS and ANT200 Go End of Line

Digital Yacht’s self contained uAIS and ANT200 AIS receivers are now end of line but we’ve replacement solutions that offer improved performance and allow for a more flexible installation. uAIS was a self contained AIS sensor with a USB wired connection but this was limited to 5m.  In practice this […]
June 14, 2017
AIS Transponders from Digital Yacht

HF AIS – Encapsulated in Digital Yacht AIS products for better performance

HF-AIS is an advanced technology that ensures an AIS transceiver reliably processes all transmissions in real time without error. An AIS transceiver with HF-AIS will typically allow you to see up to 30% more targets than transceivers without HF-AIS.  All Digital Yacht transponder products incorporate this technology brought to us […]
May 16, 2017

Digital Yacht at Sanctuary Cove Boatshow 2017

Digital Yacht will be exhibiting at this years Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, May 25-28 2017 on Booth 120 At just over 10000 miles, it’s probably the longest boat show commute that the Digital Yacht UK team will undertake this year but it’s worth it with the opening up of […]
April 28, 2017
iKommunicate gets a facelift

iKommunicate gets a facelift

Normally web servers are powerful rack-mounted LINUX or Windows PCs running a full, Apache “LAMPs” software stack, where processor speed, memory and disk space are plentiful. Creating a web server on an embedded hardware device like iKommunicate is a bit more challenging and although our first attempt has done us […]
April 19, 2017
SmartTrack NMEA2000 Setup

Not all AIS receivers are the same….

BoatBeacon (a company with some brilliant marine telematics capabilities) are rapidly expanding their AIS base station coverage and utilising Digital Yacht AIS products for exceptional performance.  A recent installation in Benidorm shows that not all AIS receivers perform the same.  The picture below shows previous coverage using a 3rd party AIS. […]