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by weine
Mar 25th, 2012, 4:29 pm
Forum: Electronics
Topic: GPS for navigation
Replies: 7
Views: 5107

Re: GPS for navigation

it is pretty advanced but you could put a sonar emitter under the boat, and a receptor on the ROV, hook that into your display to show the distance from source and direction, and you can determine where the sub is in relation to the boat where the control is. It would probably need to be a larger R...
by weine
Mar 15th, 2012, 7:13 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: GPS Coordinates on Monitor or TV Screen
Replies: 8
Views: 5011

Re: GPS Coordinates on Monitor or TV Screen

you don't need a laptop, but you do need a microcontroller and a video overlay chip. the fpv guys do this all the time. it has been discussed in this thread: http://www.homebuiltrovs.com/rovforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=400&hilit=overlay another article in ieee spectrum about on screen display...
by weine
Mar 15th, 2012, 7:13 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: GPS Coordinates on Monitor or TV Screen
Replies: 8
Views: 5011

Re: GPS Coordinates on Monitor or TV Screen

you don't need a laptop, but you do need a microcontroller and a video overlay chip. the fpv guys do this all the time. it has been discussed in this thread: http://www.homebuiltrovs.com/rovforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=400&hilit=overlay another article in ieee spectrum about on screen display...
by weine
Mar 15th, 2012, 3:19 pm
Forum: Frames, Hulls, & Bouyancy
Topic: Frame Size
Replies: 3
Views: 2503

Re: Frame Size

Hello Forumers (if that is a word), I've almost completed my ROV which I am very excited about, especially as everyone thought it would be another project I wouldn't finish, and I wondered how large everyone's ROVs are? My ROV seems to be massive compared to the measurements on paper and from pictu...