MARINE ELECTRONICS

Marine electronics refers to electronics devices designed and classed for use in
the marine environment on board ships and yachts where even small drops of salt water will
destroy electronics devices. Therefore, the majority of these types of devices are either water
resistant or waterproof.

Marine electronics devices include :

chartplotter, marine VHF radio, autopilot and self-steering gear, fishfinder and sonar, marine
radar, GPS, fibre optic gyrocompass, satellite television, and marine fuel management.

MARINE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Chartplotter is a device used in marine navigation that integrates GPS data with
an electronic navigational chart (ENC).

Marine VHF radio refers to the radio frequency range between 156.0 and 174 MHz,
inclusive. The "VHF" signifies the very high frequencyof the range. In the official
language of the International Telecommunication Union the band is called the VHF
maritime mobile band. In some countries additional channels are used, such as [1] the L
and F channels for leisure and fishing vessels in the Nordic countries (at 155.5
155.825 MHz).

autopilot is a system used to control the trajectory of an aircraft without constant

'hands-on' control by a human operator being required. Autopilots do not replace a
human operator, but assist them in controlling the aircraft, allowing them to focus on
broader aspects of operation, such as monitoring the trajectory, weather and systems. [

Self-steering gear is equipment used on ships and boats to maintain a chosen course
without constant human action. It is also known by several other terms, such
as autopilot(borrowed from aircraft and considered incorrect by some)
and autohelm (technically a Raymarine trademark, but often used generically).
Several forms of self-steering gear exist, divided into two categories: electronic and
mechanical.

Marine radars are X band or S band radars to provide bearing and distance of ships
and land targets in vicinity from own ship (radar scanner) for collision
avoidance and navigation at sea.

Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS,[1][2] is a space-based

radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the
United States Air Force. It is a global navigation satellite system that
provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the
Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

fibre optic gyrocompass is a compass and instrument of navigation. It is sometimes

part of a ships set of compasses, which also include a conventional gyrocompass and
 amagnetic compass. The compass comprises a Fibre optic gyroscope sensor, which
links to a computer and then locates north. This in turn links to a compass readout to
provide a heading

Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by

relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's
location.[1] The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna usually referred
to as a satellite dish and a low-noise block downconverter.

Marine fuel management (MFM) is a multi-level approach to measuring, monitoring,

and reporting fuel usage on a boat or ship, with the goals of reducing fuel usage,
increasing operational efficiency, and improving fleet management oversight. MFM has
grown in importance due to the rising costs of marine fuel [1] and increased
governmental stresses to reduce the pollution generated by the world's fleet