Andy Campbell, Chief Engineer at Actisense, has been appointed as the NMEA 0183 Committee Chair by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA).
Actisense has been a member of the internationally respected standards organization since its launch by Active Research Ltd. in 2001.
Actisense has long contributed to and consulted on popular marine electronics standards, allowing the company to create a range of valuable online resources, including free apps for boaters and installers. Offering an extensive range of NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 products. Their most popular products include NMEA Buffers, NMEA Conversion Gateways, and NMEA 2000 Wi-Fi Gateways.
Chief Engineer at Actisense, Andy Campbell, said, “NMEA 0183 is a survivor, an international standard that’s five decades strong and counting. The physical layer may be living on borrowed time, with commercial shipping and its mandated standards being the last bastion, but the data layer – those trusted ASCII sentences – is the real star, still pumping through gateways to NMEA 2000, Wi-Fi and soon, OneNet.
“NMEA 0183 is in a transitional phase with ‘old data’ flowing through ‘new pipes’, proving that it’s far more resilient than many thought, evolving beyond its humble hardware beginnings into the future, with no End-Of-Life in sight.
“With that in mind, the NMEA 0183 Technical Steering Committee is actively working on GNSS & DSC updates, Display Dimming Control and the creation of data and control sentences for black-box VHF radios, to name just a few. We’re always looking for experts to help, so ask not what the NMEA can do for you, but what you can do for the NMEA.“
Mark Reedenauer, President & Executive Director at the NMEA, also commented, “Andy was instrumental in leading the NMEA 2000 TSC (Technical Standards Committee) from 2021 to 2024. Andy has a mission to improve NMEA 0183 interoperability with NMEA OneNet. Andy is joined by NMEA 0183 Co-chair Paul Sumpner from Digital Yacht. We welcome Andy and Paul to their new roles with our thanks.”
Mr. Campbell will also continue to serve as NMEA 2000 TSC Chair Emeritus.
