Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Nice design.

How do you keep the rings into which the bolts screw in, onto the tube? and how did you make the cylinder water pressure proof?

I had to use a PAL video camera with Baluns at both ends. So far with 60m of cat 5 cable it works OK - there is a little noise but it seems acceptable.

If you find a USB 2 extender that works, would you post it as it would be very interesting to try it.

Hi, The circuit you have drawn was one I had considered using until I found a really useful little board that did exactly what I wanted. For my 10W LED driver I used the following board: https://www.tindie.com/products/RobG/4-channel-constant-current-led-driver-pcb/?pt=directsearch You get 4 boards ...

[quote="ArduROV"]Last weekend I made new Videos in a lake in my Hometown. Sorry for the german comments. Nice clear and sharp video, well done. The lake looks like it has very clean water which makes for good visibility. Would you post pictures of your Ardurov and tether please? Look forwa...

Hi,
Re the Asian control, I sent them several emails but never got a response. It is a pity as it looked to be well thought out and was also very low cost. Maybe you will have better luck getting hold of them.
http://rov-asia.com/rov_control_board.html
Best wishes.

@Bubbles
How is your testing of the V3 control board progressing?
Did it / does it match your expectations?

Looks like you designed and built a well equipped ROV.
Will you be posting more details of your design?
It would also be great to see some further underwater filming in the sea.
Well done and best wishes

It has been said on many occasions that we have mapped the Moon and Mars better than we have mapped our own planet! The following is a very interesting article - from MH370 to the USS San Francisco, there is a need to understand and map our planet's sea floor much better than we do now! :sting: http...

I wasn't clear what you would be using the I²C for.
I²C is an Inter-Integrated Circuit bus and as can only be used for short distance connections.
So, are you using it to talk to other devices solely within your top side or solely within the ROV?

Great looking ROV and works well! I look forward to seeing underwater video footage of sea/ lake or whatever

What software did you use for the instrument display on the PC?