Nautical Infotainment / Navigation Device

QNX CAR is a framework for building In-Vehicle Infotainment systems, including:

• the QNX OS
• a powerful mobile connectivity framework
• a best-in-class acoustic, noise reduction, and hands-free solution
• an HMI framework supporting HTML5, Qt, and other native UI toolsets.

Using Qt5 on QNX, we created a mock-up of a modern interface for a sailing boat, to demonstrate the power of Qt and particularly QtQuick2.

We decided to create a concept of a boat dashboard instead of a car, because we believe that more and more vehicles will get a modern interface in the future.

Of course, many features exist in common, such as navigation, music player, vehicle status (fuel level, oil level, temperature, battery...).

Communication is a little bit different, with radio-based communication system at the push of a button. Finally some features are very specific to sail boats, such as the wind direction and speed.

Technologies/Services used:

• QNX
• Qt Quick 2
• UI / UX Design

Hardware:

• OMAP5432 EVM board by SVTRONICS
• Two ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processors
• Multicore POWERVR SGX544-MPx graphics accelerators
• 10” LCD LVDS bundle with capacitive touchscreen and ambient light sensor