Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Success on the first compiling of the custom navigation software. I have chosen an ATT Captivate android phone for the processor and control mechanism. Tests are getting well underway. For those who think BlueTooth (bt) doesnt work well underwater.... Pssst... guess what... it does. Currently I have...

Nice. Update.... Got an evaluation board and the chip... Nice.. I think I can handle the 1/3 oz in total weight. :) GUI interfacing is promising. Weak on aesthetics, but loaded with functionality. Hmmm.. I wonder.. if I get enough of these... mebbe make a sort of echo locater base unit... Plant that...

(noisy DC motors that they are...)? Now, I hope that this does not indicate a change in the topic... :) But the beauty is the simplicity. There will not be 'motors' plural. I am thinking of using a single well insulated / shielded motor, and instead of using motors and propellers... It will drive a...

Well... I was going to use an HMC5843, pretty much the standard in most Androids, and gasp Iprones....however, Honeywell decided to keep up to pace with technology and provide a more advanced chip... the HMC5883L... The spec sheets say that they have figured out the proper level filtering of the ear...

I figure, that by using the flux-gate windings on the compass, and the loop in the antenna, I should be able to detect
changes in resonance thus detecting the presence of metals very nearby.

I surely am not talking the sensitivity and/or discretion of a true M.A.D.

Correct. But I believe that's for total communications.

I am proposing for communication distances of about 6" - 7"...

I would like to share an idea I have had in the workshop in the past few months... There are those who are using Arduino for control... I am currently making a pressure housing for my Galaxy S android. I intend on using one of my bouyancy tubes to contain some of my other sensors to connect via blue...