[PSUBS-MAILIST] SCMv2 - Submarine Control Manager

[Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Alec,

Pitch and roll on a K-sub are negligible but the sensors are "free", 
part of the electronic compass, so I added them to the display.  The 
pitch might come in handy to help with longitudinal balancing.  
Roll...well if I ever get stuck on a sloped bottom I can radio to the 
rescue divers "you can't miss me, I'm the sub leaning port at a 25 
degree angle".

I think Cliff pointed us to a depth sounder/speed combination sensor 
that he is using which would work well for altitude over bottom.  It 
would be easy to add that into the software, just a matter of getting a 
unit and testing it.

One thing that the demo fails at is my implementation of MATILDA, audio 
warnings corresponding to the yellow/red alerts that are displayed for 
various sensors.  A yellow alert sounds a gentle "ding-dong" sound 
followed by the sensor name spoken by a computerized voice (female of 
course) and a red alarm sounds a high pitch smoke-alarm sound followed 
by the sensor name spoken by MATILDA.  I was too lazy to set things up 
to record the audio for this demo but will do that at a later date and 
of course will have it available for the convention in July.

Jon


On 4/1/2016 9:20 AM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> That's gorgeous! I'm curious though about the pitch and roll, it would 
> seem you wrote it for a "flyer" sub. One data point that would be a 
> great addition would be altitude over bottom. Not sure if you've 
> figured a sensor for that, but if there is one it would be great to 
> display right next to and analogous to depth.
>
> Best,
>
> Alec
>