Hardware

Open Marine Autopilot

An open autopilot controller, safe by design.

An autopilot engine with a dedicated controller based on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and a power driver for 12 V actuators. Heading and wind modes, current supervision and a physical emergency stop.

Features

  • Autopilot state machine with a command API
  • Dedicated controller with 20 kHz PWM and rudder control
  • Motor current supervision
  • Automatic cut-off if communication is lost (500 ms heartbeat)
  • Physical emergency stop that cuts power to the actuator
  • Compatible with two-wire DC actuators, such as the ST3000 type

Who it is for

Owners who want to renew or build a maintainable autopilot.

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Open Marine sensor gateway

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