Now your sailboat knows where it is, and you can control the rudder and sail; you'll now want to do some actual sailing. But because you don't have an onboard power source, you're going to rely on the wind for your power. To do this, you'll need some way of sensing both the direction as well as the strength of the wind.
In this chapter, you'll learn the following things:
Connecting an analog wind sensor to the BeagleBone Black
Using the BeagleBone Black analog-to-digital converter to read the value of the wind speed
Some of the basics of sailing so that you can sail in almost any direction