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Electrical Power Supply Requirements

NMEA 2000

I don't have the standard. The following is assembled from credible looking sources on the web.

Bus power supply standard from 9V - 16V. Presumably that is just a wide nominal 12V, rather than people actually choosing to use 9V.

Load Equivalency Number (LEN) - This seems to mean a 50mA draw from the CAN bus power lines.

It will supply up to 3A total.

Voltage drop must be <1.5V over whole network, to keep the data link happy.

Three different cable sizes are standard. The smallest one is common on boats.

“Lite” cable: 22 AWG power, 24 AWG data. “Micro” connector. 57 mOhm per m.

Connectors

Physical layer of NMEA2000 is based on (same as?) DeviceNet.

Micro is M12. 5 pin, one in centre. Mini is bigger and has different pin layout with one at top. “A coded”.

Has connector pinouts: https://www.csselectronics.com/pages/nmea-2000-n2k-intro-tutorial

https://www.ibinews.com/ibi-presents/three-fundamentals-of-designing-a-fault-free-nmea-2000-network/44519.article

Digital Yacht NMEA 2000 Networking Guide