Electronics & manufacturing
Conversations with PCB designers, electronics manufacturing services, component specialists and enclosure manufacturers about design refinement, sourcing, assembly and production readiness.
Marine electronics / Development project
A practical vision
for the connected helm.
Waking Giant Marine is developing a multifunction marine navigation display that brings together electronics, embedded software and enclosure design. The next stage calls for capable design, integration and manufacturing collaborators.
Multifunction marine displayEmbedded electronicsIntended NMEA 2000 connectivityManufacturing collaboration
The project
From an idea
to integrated hardware.
Founder Justin Winkelmann has designed and prototyped a multifunction marine navigational display, working across circuitry, programming, hardware integration and enclosure development.
The design work has used Altium Designer, with intended NMEA 2000 connectivity as part of the marine integration direction. The project combines the challenge of building an electronic device with the practical demands of mounting, operating and maintaining equipment aboard a vessel.
The aim is a useful helm interface that makes relevant navigation and vessel information easier to interpret. Exact production features, interoperability, environmental performance and release timing will depend on further development and validation.
Where collaboration fits
Build the next stage together.
Firmware & integration
Embedded development, marine data interfaces, display software and system integration, with clear requirements and a defined validation path.
AI-assisted possibilities
Exploring how AI might assist with organizing vessel information, explaining system states or supporting troubleshooting. These are collaboration topics, not demonstrated product functions or autonomous navigation claims.
For marine technology teams
A founder who
understands the vessel.
Justin’s background connects naval marine systems, auxiliary electrical equipment, corrosion mitigation, technical procurement and hands-on prototyping. That perspective helps frame the questions a marine electronics project needs to answer beyond the screen.
Waking Giant Marine welcomes relevant conversations with marine electronics companies—including teams at Garmin, Raymarine and other established manufacturers—as well as electronics manufacturers, embedded developers and AI integration specialists.
Share your area of expertise, the role you could play and the next step you propose.
Discuss collaboration ↗Company names identify potential audiences only. No affiliation, endorsement or existing partnership is implied.
Development status.
The display is a development-stage prototype project. It is not offered here as a finished, certified or commercially available navigation product. Compatibility, environmental testing, compliance and production specifications remain matters for development and verification.
No NMEA certification or third-party approval is claimed. A technical discussion can establish which design materials are appropriate to share and what work is needed next.
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