What setup will suite my needs?
Posted: Nov 11th, 2014, 2:02 pm
Hi guys,
I had an initial thought of how to set it up but then I realized there are so many different ways so I think I would need some advice. First I will list the features I plan on having and then I can give you an idea on how I thought about doing it.
My goal is to reach 100m (330 feet) or close to it, I am planning on having 2 cameras with 3 axis control system (I might scrap that idea and just use a tilt though). I want to have two temperature sensors, one in the main housing and one outside, I would also like to have a depth sensor and a leakage warning system in the main housing. I need some lights off course and I am going to use 5 thrusters. I plan on controlling it with a joystick.
I want to have the ability to add a robotic arm later on, I'm not planning on doing this at the start but could be good to bear in mind.
I was thinking of using a top side power source, a 230V petrol generator to enable me to use thinner wires and then convert the voltage at the ROV. I am looking at the bluerobotics T100 thrusters, 11.5 amps and 130 watts. For communication I was thinking of using a ethernet cable to send the commands to a Arduino, Beaglebone or similair unit. What microcontroller would be the best to use for the input and outputs I need? Are there any issues in streaming live HD thrue the device? I mean if I for example use two USB cameras, is it a better solution to use network cameras? Or use 2-wire ethernet for control and separate video cables to the cameras?
Would you do it any other way and in that case why? I know 100 metres isn't bad but the ethernet is at its limit so perhaps there are better solutions to enable future goals without having to reconfigure to much?
Really appreciate any input you might have so I can make further plans. Thanks for reading!
I had an initial thought of how to set it up but then I realized there are so many different ways so I think I would need some advice. First I will list the features I plan on having and then I can give you an idea on how I thought about doing it.
My goal is to reach 100m (330 feet) or close to it, I am planning on having 2 cameras with 3 axis control system (I might scrap that idea and just use a tilt though). I want to have two temperature sensors, one in the main housing and one outside, I would also like to have a depth sensor and a leakage warning system in the main housing. I need some lights off course and I am going to use 5 thrusters. I plan on controlling it with a joystick.
I want to have the ability to add a robotic arm later on, I'm not planning on doing this at the start but could be good to bear in mind.
I was thinking of using a top side power source, a 230V petrol generator to enable me to use thinner wires and then convert the voltage at the ROV. I am looking at the bluerobotics T100 thrusters, 11.5 amps and 130 watts. For communication I was thinking of using a ethernet cable to send the commands to a Arduino, Beaglebone or similair unit. What microcontroller would be the best to use for the input and outputs I need? Are there any issues in streaming live HD thrue the device? I mean if I for example use two USB cameras, is it a better solution to use network cameras? Or use 2-wire ethernet for control and separate video cables to the cameras?
Would you do it any other way and in that case why? I know 100 metres isn't bad but the ethernet is at its limit so perhaps there are better solutions to enable future goals without having to reconfigure to much?
Really appreciate any input you might have so I can make further plans. Thanks for reading!