Homebuilt ROVs Forum

This is the third test in sea water and has worked the best so far, the first two weren't worth editing footage. After the second test I needed to add more lead to get neutral buoyancy, actually connect the power for the camera to the LP FPV filter so the feed doesn't drop out when the motors are ru...

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Here is some video footage of my ROV's first pool test. I still have a lot of work to do but hopefully some sea trials to come.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrdDG8LGFLU

It is Cat6 cable wound into 7mm polypropylene rope, as the poly rope is buoyant it counteracts the weight of the cat6. Seems to work ok in the pool with about 10-15m wound out but not sure how it will go once I have a lot more wound out. There is a 100m of it and it also provides a bit of strength i...

Well here's what I've done since my first post above. I mashed together this contraption I call the ROV Nudibranch. It's still in it's testing phase but I should have some photos and videos posted in other topics soon.

Hi there,

Not sure if you have seen this link or if it will be of any help but it has 2 x Nano's communicating using easy transfer, http://www.techmonkeybusiness.com/rov-c ... ition.html

I don't think there would be any low cost camera that would have a waterproof HDMI port to provide a live feed whilst submerged. There are a few low cost action cams that come with a waterproof acrylic housing which you could fabricate a connection through but then accessing the camera and SD card m...

You could possibly use any action camera or Dash Cam with a RCA or USB output and then get a USB to HDMI or RCA to HDMI adaptor to plug it into the laptop. You would still have to waterproof the camera or the where the cable penetrates the waterproof housing.

Hi Matt, Your plans look good, have you considered adding any sensors to your electrics i.e leak detection, depth, water temp etc? I'd love to see how your code is built to communicate between Arduino / Raspberry Pi and PC. My current build is only with comms between 2x arduinos and I'm very much a ...

Hi there, I'm currently designing an ROV using 2 x Arduino's and PS2 controller, using code and ideas of Hamish Trolove from this website http://www.techmonkeybusiness.com/rov-control-sketches-first-edition.html. One Arduino is topside for the controller and then sends signal to another Arduino in t...

Well I managed to get some advice and this was the solution from a different forum which worked. :) Replace this: Code: --------- if(ps2x.ButtonPressed(PSB_PAD_LEFT)) //Pressed { txdata.LEDHdlts = !txdata.LEDHdlts; //Toggle the LED light flag } --------- With this... Code: --------- txdata.LEDHdlts ...