Homebuilt ROVs Forum

these guys make a raspberry pi based OpenROV: http://openrovpi242.blogspot.com (http://www.openrov.com) they are also doing this as a school project. an 3-motor setup with RC car speedcontrollers and brushless motors are a fairly quick and easy way to start. there are alot of information on openrov...

Hey guys, what do you think about having this camera onboard a ROV? http://www.adafruit.com/products/1367 It costs 30 dollars and is very tiny, it also has great resolution. 1080p/30fps (!) I'm planning on mounting one of those on my future ROV. Tell me what you think about this little piece of awso...

Hey Poken! Welcome to the forum! I can't comment on the RaspberryPi as I'm and Arduino man myself, but I know there are a few others on here using them. 15-20m is a pretty decent starting depth. In my very rough estimation, for every 10m depth you add, the complexity doubles. (Price also increases....

Silver dollar wrote:Hi and welcome to the forum!
This is an excelent place to find info and get answers.
Nice to see another Swede. Where are your from? I live in Uddevalla.

/Jonas

Thanks, I think I will get lots of help from this site!
I live in northern Sweden, Skellefteå.

Hey i got a few questions..

Is it possible to only use a raspberry pi as a controller and a internet cable to a laptop on the surface?

Is around 20 meters down a reasonable depth for the first ROV?

well, that's about what I had in mind for now. Hoping for some good answers!

Hi everyone, I am going to make a school project and choosed to make a ROV. It sounded like a fun project so now me and a friend is going to build one from scratch. We're thinking about to only have a raspberry pi as a controller in the ROV and an internet cable to a laptop on the surface. I will al...