Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Hey, yes! Look at RC car escs. I also was a lot into electric skateboards and they used VESCs with are really powerful and completely programmable. It seems weird you would brake your motor. Mostly probably you would brake the esc. You should create a protection circuit with diodes and capacitors. F...

Hi, great Project!! I don't think you can reverse polarity in all kinds of ESCs. If you want to use this ESCs, and be able to reverse them, I would suggest you tu plug a rele to two of the output cables on the esc so that when it is active it will switch both cables, this will make the motor go on t...

hey, a way to pay less is also if you have a friend with has a 3D printer. There are some parts that you can 3D print and iterate that can save you some money. If you go to my amethyst AUV thread you will see I 3D printed almost everything. the 3D printed parts costed me around 40€. Also having some...

Here is a video where I explainn how I made the Electronics Tray + Battery Pack For the 3’’ BlueRov Watertight Enclosure...

Any suggestion to improve the video quality and entertainment value?

Big plus for you is that in water sound travels further. Disadvantage of this system is that you only can do half duplex and think about both the land side and rov side sending information at the same time which generates more noise. It can also be Full duplex. I use one frequency for the controlle...

Here's a little study I made for the "wireless" control of the ROV.



Any cheap suggestions for a Hydrophone or a speaker that works also underwater?

Just made some first tests. It looks promising.

Just made the Dry compartment battery/attachment. Here is a picture of the battery wiring (3S 2p): IMG_7221.JPG And here are some pictures of the finished piece: 239EF52C-826C-4618-AEEB-0E2E486DDA1C.JPG 36324AA3-B87E-4724-99C1-6601DF5C8689.JPG 9E1C0B4A-DE2F-4392-A45E-9F1F67933BE1.JPG 5839E125-B73C-4...

Just made the dry compartment system. The plan is to have 6 18650 batteries and the rest of the tube can be used for electronics. DryCompartment_2020-Jul-12_09-15-55AM-000_CustomizedView17780834558.png DryCompartment_2020-Jul-12_09-16-55AM-000_CustomizedView7624698810.png DryCompartment_2020-Jul-12_...

For a year i've been looking at the BlueRobotics FathomX boards, which send ethernet over 2-wire twisted pair, but they want $160. I just found a pair of units on Amazon that send ethernet over twisted pair or coax (100mbps over coax) for $49. I bought 2 pairs. Shipped was $106. https://www.amazon....