[PSUBS-MAILIST] Motor Controller Tractor Beam

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Jon,
are you intending to run it wireless?
Have you thought about a 2.4ghz RC transmitter?
There are mounts available for attaching screens to them.
I had my ambient running off a ps2 controller, which has a similar joy stick
configuration to a RC transmitter & it was quite intuitive.
The Vesc motor controller that I keep going on about, comes in various
flavours with some 100 amp controllers available. You can wire a joystick 
to them easy enough. Below I have hacked a "servo tester" by wiring the pot on
my joystick to the contacts on it's pot so it is now converting analog to a 2.4ghz
signal to the Vesc.
 I will be doing a lot of testing of my Vescs in August & September in pool & on a boat.
Alan


> On 20/07/2019, at 12:01 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Alan, I like the idea of a larger joystick in most situations.  In my case I'm trying to combine separate thumb-sticks (for vertical/horizontal movement) with a 7-inch graphical display all of which is hand held so I can control the sub whether sitting in the CT or prone looking out the front.
> 
> The programmable controllers offer a lot of configuration options and performance feedback, but are expensive.  I paid $265(US) six years ago but today the new versions are $500(US).  I think my replacements are going to be traditional Minn Kota controllers with a Raspberry PI interface to provide tractor steering.
> 
> Jon
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