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New controller??
Posted: Oct 24th, 2013, 9:28 am
by fireslayer26
How would this work for a controller?? Looks like it covers all the bases to me.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro ... f=category
Re: New controller??
Posted: Oct 24th, 2013, 11:42 am
by Zaibach
Looks interesting but for an ROV the main problem I'm seeing is that its designed to work with a wireless controller. RF does not travel well through water and any signal will quickly be attenuated.
I don't think you are going to get much better out of a direct USB connection since (without powered repeaters) I think USB signals tank out somewhere around 10ft.
Re: New controller??
Posted: Nov 6th, 2013, 7:19 pm
by fireslayer26
You could hard wire it with a couple USB over ethernet adapters.
Re: New controller??
Posted: Nov 11th, 2013, 3:23 pm
by Zaibach
I guess that is an option, could also use it just to interface with a surface Arduino then connect that over ethernet to the Arduino controlling your ROV. Which is essentially what I will be doing with a pair of Raspberries and a Logitech 310. It certainly looks like a solid piece of hardware and it does sidestep a fair bit of programming. That said any way you decide to go you will still need additional support hardware.