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Shadow Box GPS

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Created by AUS1111 > 9 months ago, 10 Feb 2010
AUS1111
WA, 3621 posts
10 Feb 2010 2:49PM
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www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=shadowboxlive&e=com

Does anyone know about this, and how or if it may be useful for speedsailing? It's GPS qualities aren't clear but it is apparently waterproof and looks to have a colour screen.

They also appear keen to adapt it to user's requirements. If what they promise on the website is at all true, it must be pretty powerful.

Bender
WA, 2235 posts
10 Feb 2010 3:01PM
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AUS1111 said...

www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=shadowboxlive&e=com

Does anyone know about this, and how or if it may be useful for speedsailing? It's GPS qualities aren't clear but it is apparently waterproof and looks to have a colour screen.

They also appear keen to adapt it to user's requirements. If what they promise on the website is at all true, it must be pretty powerful.


They do look good. hopefully one of the tech heads on here will be able to tell us if thet are any good for speed saling. Seeing our gybes in 3d would be way cool

Roo
876 posts
10 Feb 2010 3:09PM
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Not really ideal for speedsailing, the GPS chipset is running at 1 hz with the gyro/accelerometers running at 20 hz. I did a weeks testing with them in September last year and the data wasn't very promising, we did a side by side with my 10 hz binary GPS and discussed integrating the chipset into their unit. Budget constraints meant they had to recoup some costs before they could do further R&D. The 3D 10 hz data my gps was producing was comparable with the gyro/accelerometer data off their unit but the 10 hz 3D binary GPS data was far superior to their 1 hz GPS data.

Roo

Gestalt
QLD, 14627 posts
10 Feb 2010 7:44PM
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i like the look of that. finally a gps for all!

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
11 Feb 2010 11:46AM
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Its a bit expensive compared to the Locosys products.

choco
SA, 4175 posts
20 Feb 2010 4:57PM
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Gee the 3D part looks the goods be great for wave sailing/freestyle



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