Arduino for control system.
Posted: Nov 18th, 2014, 12:04 pm
Hi Guys,
I'm looking to use an Arduino based control system for my upcoming ROV. It's a funny situation, I work as a marine geophysicist for a small company and because I tend to do alot of the technical work myself on sidescans and sub bottom profilers my boss decided to have me build an rov.
'Can't be that hard' he says!! I have a basic layout in mind and I'm proposing to use some adapted bilge pump motors for my propulsion and steering. Camera and lighting systems are all set as I do quite alot with these systems.
My main issue is that I know NOTHING about Arduino or programming. I'm fairly sure I could pick it up quickly but I need somewhere to start.
I want to control the four thrusters, maybe five including ascent/descent. I also would like to have reverse functions included. This isn't paramount to what I want but it would be nice and would mean that I would not have to waste my motors capabilities in strange layouts on board the rov! Ultimately a nice joystick setup would be great too!
So, if anyone here has some tips for me re. arduino and its functionality in relation to my required setup it would be fantastic!!
Cheers
I'm looking to use an Arduino based control system for my upcoming ROV. It's a funny situation, I work as a marine geophysicist for a small company and because I tend to do alot of the technical work myself on sidescans and sub bottom profilers my boss decided to have me build an rov.
'Can't be that hard' he says!! I have a basic layout in mind and I'm proposing to use some adapted bilge pump motors for my propulsion and steering. Camera and lighting systems are all set as I do quite alot with these systems.
My main issue is that I know NOTHING about Arduino or programming. I'm fairly sure I could pick it up quickly but I need somewhere to start.
I want to control the four thrusters, maybe five including ascent/descent. I also would like to have reverse functions included. This isn't paramount to what I want but it would be nice and would mean that I would not have to waste my motors capabilities in strange layouts on board the rov! Ultimately a nice joystick setup would be great too!
So, if anyone here has some tips for me re. arduino and its functionality in relation to my required setup it would be fantastic!!
Cheers