Article: Getting machines to communicate: Northstar Technologies' 6000i smoothly integrates your electronics.(Product Roundup)

Expanding the options in marine electronics from stand-alone machines to unified networks started in the 1980s when lorans were hooked up to autopilots. The National Marine Electronics Association developed protocol standards, starting with NMEA 0183, which let electronic devices send information to and receive data from other units.

Today, electronic equipment manufacturers are developing proprietary systems that, like the NMEA protocols, let electronic equipment communicate with each other.

The newest entry into integrated networking electronics is Northstar Technologies' Northstar 6000i, which gives boat owners GPS, plotter, sounder, radar and video ...

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