Subsequently to the Serial interface issues, I bought an Adeept Robot HAT from Amazon. I have been keeping an eye on it for a while. The schematics and example code for the Robot Hat are available to download, which means that I can work on utilising the designs in my […]
ROV
At home, I have a Raspberry Pi that I use to develop my ROV and K-9 software. Raspbian seems to have passwordless sudo, meaning you don’t have to enter the user’s password to run a command as root. I share this development machine with my wife, Tamarisk. In the interest […]
As part of my K9 and ROV projects, I am using at least one Arduino to control components such as the K9’s ears. Since the Arduinos will be fixed to the robots, I will program them via the Raspberry Pi. The version of Raspbian I am running is Raspberry Pi […]
BlueOS is Blue Robotics Raspberry Pi software to control ROVs, it combines the functionality required to control robots and low-cost hardware
I have started designing assembles in Fusion 360 using T-Slot, a lot of head scratching on how to make use of it at arbitrary lengths in my designs… I started by making a 20mm length of T-Slot as its own model in Fusion 360; This is model has all of […]
Over on Facebook, Ed Vergalen is looking to sell a VideoRay Pro 4 Plus BASE ROV System for £29,950. Videoray Pro 4 Blueview sonar C130 Manipulator Hull Crawler Kit Lynn enhancing package Extended Tether Deployment System (TDS). Approximately 305 m (1,000 ft) Extra 300m Neutral Tether on reel Repair kit […]
After my last attempt at getting MyOpenLab to work on macOS, I posted my question on the MyOpenLab Facebook group, where I was given the following response: Hello, what version of MyOpenLab, Java and OSX are you testing? You could test the most recent development version: https://myopenlab.org/…/distribution_macosx_3.12.1.zip The fail could […]
A beautiful print using my roll of Filamentive grey filament, this is the battery and electronics sledge for my 3d Printed ROV. I am doing my design in fusion360, and printing the parts on our Prusa MK3s. Thanks to Ravi Toor of Filamentive for getting me the filament to play […]
After the success of printing the sledge for my DIY ROV in the last post, It is now time to try and wire it up, I am using two of these Youmile 3S Battery Protection Board Modules, they claim to be capable of managing 10A, which I feel is pushing […]
I have been working on my DIY underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle) for a fair while. It is going to be an underwater robot, sometimes people call them remote controlled submarines. I have moved some of the development to my Professional site: In the interim, I am going to have […]
In my previous two posts, Pressure Vessel and the Viewport, I talked about using the software “Under Pressure” by Deepsea to work out the performance of the Pressure Vessel tube, and the Viewport for my ROV. it’s now time to work out the performance of the end cap which holds […]
Further to my last post, where I was using “Under Pressure” by Deepsea to work out the performance of materials for the main pressure vessel of my ROV. I am going to look at the performance of the Viewport Dome. Since the viewport needs to be optically clear this discounts […]