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 ====== Current Standards ======
 
 ==== NMEA 0813 ====
   * Well known
   * Easily hacked
 
 ==== NMEA 2000 (N2K) ====
 
   * Proprietary
   * Standardizes PHY and cabling
   * Must register and assign PGNs
   * Must buy into the cartel
 
 ====== New Standard ======
 
   * Wireless out of the box (using Flutter Wireless)
   * IPv6-based too much data on wire?  Too confusing?
   * Open Standard
     * Website to register vendor and data codes
     * Benevolent dictators of standard
     * We approve vendor and data codes
 
 ==== Protocol Details ====
 
   * Easily tied into standard Ethernet
   * L3 Protocol
     * IPv6
     * Put data directly into IPv6 extension header (header 60 maybe)?
   * Data grouped into multicast addresses
   * L4 Protocol
     * Existing one out there in RFC land?
     * SCTP for life critical
     * UDP or own raw protocol for normal traffic
   * Author an RFC?
   * Version number as part of header
     * 1 - NMEA 0813
     * 2 - NMEA 2000
     * 4 - Reef41
 
 ==== Name Brainstorming ====
 
 === Company ===
   * Future Marine, LLC.
   * Marine of Things, LLC. (MoT)
   * Nauticom, LLC.
   * Use Nenticom?
 
 === Protocol ===
 
   * ReefCOM
   * Reef41 (R41 protocol)
   * Marine41
   * N41
 
 === Product Line ===
 
   * Coral
 
 ====== Products ======
 
   * CoralWind
     * Wind, sail, weather station related instruments
     * Maybe a separate CoralWeather
   * CoralPower
     * Engine management
   * CoralHead
     * N2K gateway, hub for flutter devices
     * One version could have wifi
   * CoralPatch
     * Flutter device that takes an existing device's N2K data and converts it to wireless
 
 ===== Notes =====
 
   * Solar Power
     * Sort of an open version of TikTack product line (now Raymarine)
     * Doesn't work 24x7
   * In-line power
     * Tap into power going to device being measured (with CoralPatch)
 
 ====== Startup Resources ======
   * Protocol standard developer (embedded, protocols, C language)
   * IOS/Android app developer for reading data
   * Website, outsourced
   * Test equipment
     * N2K protocol reader equipment
   * Office or hacker space with room for permanently located hardware
   * Budget for marine conferences (travel, entrance fees)
 
 ====== Benefits ======
 
   * Wireless from the start
   * And Internet of Things based mentality
     * Make it easy to put everything on a network
   * Cost less than products with N2K markup
   * Allow other companies to develop products around the protocol
 
 ====== Challenges ======
 
   * Reverse N2K without getting sued?
   * N2K has huge market share and is industry standard
   * Mostly towards recreational market
   * Getting the word out: marine conferences, distributors (defender.com)
   * Augment existing products or create own?
 
 ====== Research ======
 
   * Arduino for CoralHead
     * Protocol stacks on Arduino (IPv6)
     * N2K interface in Arduino, 
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