ROV Kappa ( 3D printed Arduino based )

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shanebou24
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ROV Kappa ( 3D printed Arduino based )

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Hello all, here is a little side project of mime i have bean working on for a few months.

In this ROV we have three hulls

Main hull 1: Arduino nano talking to 3 motor controllers, one servo for IP camera tilt and 9w of on board lighting.
on the I2c Bus we have HS5803-14BA depth sensor and HMC5883L Digital Compass.

battery hulls 2 and 3: Eight 18650 cells providing loads of power.


Im using a Axiom Memory - C6BFSB-Y100-AX - Axiom Ultra-Thin Snagless Patch Cable - Category 6 to pass data from top side to the ROV.

I have used rj45 pin out t568b as my standard pins 1,2,3 and 6 are being utilized as normal Ethernet data but pins 4,5,8 are being used as serial communication between the top side Arduino and the Arduino in the ROV.

on the Top side: I have a PlayStation 2 controller wired into the Arduino for user commands with an attached an 16x2 Character LCD for ROV feed back.


I just about used the complete electronics package from techmonkeybusiness.com


As you can see i still need to com up with an end cap solution. I was disappointed to find out that 3D printed end caps do not work i was hoping to find a secondhand lathe but now it looks like i will be laser cutting acrylic end caps from ponoko.com and assembling them like the openrov.
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PS2 controller with screen top side
PS2 controller with screen top side
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arduino electronics payload here you can see the DB 9 and DB15 connectors im using to pass data out for the ROV
arduino electronics payload here you can see the DB 9 and DB15 connectors im using to pass data out for the ROV
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arduino electronics payload with tilt ip camera
arduino electronics payload with tilt ip camera
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shots of mock up frame
shots of mock up frame
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after 32 hours or printing
after 32 hours or printing
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Last edited by shanebou24 on Jan 21st, 2019, 4:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
shanebou24
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Re: ROV Kappa ( 3D printed Arduino based )

Post by shanebou24 »

this is the almost finished.....
top side battery for the controller/arduino also we can pass along Ethernet data for a laptop to see the ip camera.

Im waiting for one for connector to come in so i can plug and unplug the controller.
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