[PSUBS-MAILIST] instrument and environment display

[Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles]

A touch-screen (ie tablet) is all that's necessary to send commands to 
things like motors, lighting, etc.  My initial thoughts were with a 
tablet as well but I've now been able to get the software working on a 
Raspberry PI running Linux.  This opens up the possibility of obtaining 
a cheap touch-screen (needs to have HDMI port) and building the entire 
display for about half the price of a Samsung Galaxy.  That interests me 
from the perspective of water infiltration getting where it shouldn't 
and destroying a nice tablet vs destroying parts worth half the price.  
However, the convenience of a tablet being used for both submarine 
environment interaction and other daily uses is also a desirable trait.  
Just a matter of personal choice I think.

The "right" tablet needs to be selected however, a USB port is 
required.  I know some of them don't have such ports.

Jon


On 7/13/2015 7:42 PM, via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> Jon,
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> That would make a great open source project! If / when I get around to making a sub, I would like to have a fully monoritable interface via a tablet (most likely Android platform) of all relavent information at a glance. And even be able to operate control functions via the tablet too. Something like the PAD (personal access device) from Star Trek TNG
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> Keith T.
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