Development and Application of GPS Navigator in Ship

The localization GPS electronic chart apparatus system adopts 32-bit embedded processor as the controller, which greatly enhanced the processing speed,reduced the volume of electronic chart apparatu, improved the stability, greatly reduced the cost.In the design of system control software, adopted non-real-time operating system; file management using FAT16 file system of DOS to manage 16M file storage space, so, we can easily create and delete documents in an embedded electronic chart apparatus.In addition,used non-standard digital vector charts, making the charts data format and processing display project no different,which improved the security.

ARM7-Based File System Design

ARM is the newest 32-bite RISC microprocessor. Its high performance, low power consumption and flexible extension make ARM particularly suitable for designing embedded system. Therefore, the realization of the FAT16 file system with ARM can satisfy the demand of file storage in embedded system. This article descripts the simple realization of FAT16 file system with ARM 7.