[PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice

[Alan James]

Hi Douglas,
I'll do a bit of homework on this.
I had a look at the Triton 3000 when it visited N.Z. & it was monitoring
just about everything off a computer. They were talking of moving to
smaller computers & maybe strapping them to their thighs, so that the screen
didn't impinge on their view. Other submersibles I've seen similarly monitor
a lot of functions off the computer.
I like this little computer with a 4.8" screen.
http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/viliv-s5-premium.shtml

It runs windows so would be compatable with the Ocean Server compass.
Cheers, Alan
 


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 From: Douglas Suhr <spiritofcalypso at gmail.com>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice
 


Nice find Alan. I'm going to spend some time looking over that site. I have to admit though, I feel the same as you in terms of not wanting to run my compass off a computer. To me, computers should be benefitted from but not relied upon unconditionally. ~ Douglas S.  



On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Alan James <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Jon,
>I found this off the shelf unit for $250- (made in USA) It is designed for marine applications
>& has yaw, pitch & roll which is a G.L. requirement. So it's looking attractive.
>http://www.ocean-server.com/compass.html
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>It looks like I would have to run it off a computer though, which I didn't want to do,
>but may be forced down this path. 
>Alan
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>A tilt-compensated electronic compass (three axis, plus three axis 
>accelerometer) would work connected
 to a small microcontroller like the 
>Arduino UNO.  The HMC6352 was the standard but Honeywell stopped 
>producing them.  There are others however but probably more expensive.  
>The display could be a nice four digit LED (under two inches).
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>Jon
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