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NKClearNavManual•Version0.5•July3,2008

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2.1.1 ClearNavDisplay

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TheClearNav“Display”ismuchmorethanadisplay.Itincludes:

• LargeandbrightLCDdisplay

• ComputerrunningtheWindowsCE.NEToperatingsystem.Thisoperatingsystemissimilarto,

butdifferentfromtheWindowsMobileoperatingsystemusedinPocketPCssuchasHPiPAQs.

CE.NETcanbethoughtofasthe“industrial”versionoftheWindowsMobileoperatingsystem.

• ClearNavigatorsoaringflightsoftware

• GPSengineandconnectorforexternalGPSantenna

• Pressuresensorforaltitudemeasurements

• GPSFlightRecorder(IGCapprovalexpectedin2008)

• Built‐inSDmemorycardreader(inthesideoftheunit)

• 2RS‐232serialportsforexchangingdatawithvariometers,FLARMunits,etc.

TheconnectionstotheRS‐232portsareontheNexusWiringBoard

• 2CANbusportsforconnectiontoremotecontrolsand2

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seatdisplays,etc.

TheconnectionstotheCANbusportsareontheNexusWiringBoard.

• USBPortforreadingandwritingtoUSBFlashDrivememorysticks

ThereisoneUSBportonthebackofthedisplayandaremoteUSBportonthepanelmounted

CAN/USB

Extensionport–foreasyaccess.

• Size:4.25"wx5.83"hx1.22"d(108mmx148mmx31mm)

• DisplaySize:3.39"wx4.53"h(86mmx115mm)

• ScreenResolution:240x320pixels

• Backlight:CCFL(ColdCathodeFluorescentLamp)backlight.Nominalluminanceis700

Candelas/m^2(nits),achievedwithasinglelampthatgoesaround3sidesoftheLCD.NK

provideslampoverdrivecapabilityupto1100nitsforsevereambientconditionssuchasflying

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