RC Controller for Hard Wired ROV
Posted: Feb 14th, 2016, 3:20 am
Hi,
I am new here so hope this isn't flogging a dead horse. I am designing an underwater ROV based upon an Arduino board for logic. I plan to first build a drop camera to sort things out and it will have camera pan and rotation as well as led lighting. All significant power will be on-board by Lipo batteries so I only need signals to the surface via the tether cable. Cable length for now will be 200 feet.
I was hoping to use two twisted pair for signals. One for camera image, and the other for camera gimbal and lights. I think an rc airplane controller might work for this if it has a DSC out jack?
So not being an RC guy I need some guidance on this. One control that seems to be cheap used on eBay is the JR XP6102 Transmitter. It has 6 channels which is overkill for the drop light but probably will need a couple more for the eventual ROV build. Anyway, it seems to have a DSC port but I am not sure what sort of receiver I need to buy to get the signals to the Arduino board. Or maybe there is a better choice in an RC control?
I definitely need some help here. Thanks.
Randy
I am new here so hope this isn't flogging a dead horse. I am designing an underwater ROV based upon an Arduino board for logic. I plan to first build a drop camera to sort things out and it will have camera pan and rotation as well as led lighting. All significant power will be on-board by Lipo batteries so I only need signals to the surface via the tether cable. Cable length for now will be 200 feet.
I was hoping to use two twisted pair for signals. One for camera image, and the other for camera gimbal and lights. I think an rc airplane controller might work for this if it has a DSC out jack?
So not being an RC guy I need some guidance on this. One control that seems to be cheap used on eBay is the JR XP6102 Transmitter. It has 6 channels which is overkill for the drop light but probably will need a couple more for the eventual ROV build. Anyway, it seems to have a DSC port but I am not sure what sort of receiver I need to buy to get the signals to the Arduino board. Or maybe there is a better choice in an RC control?
I definitely need some help here. Thanks.
Randy