<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi Jon,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>it doesn't look like it does what I thought it did.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>The software provided seems to be just a demo.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I was hoping it was something I could plug in
& voila, I had graphics</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>of a compass on a screen.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>G.L. seems to require a duplication of a lot of the monitoring equipment</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>as well as alarms for everything, so I'll continue going through the manual </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica,
Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>till I know </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">exactly what I need, then look at my options.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Perhaps we could develop a G.L. & ABS compliant module as a Psubs</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> group project???</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">It could monitor battery levels & amp draw, ballast levels, control & monitor </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">the O2 delivery system & CO2 levels</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">, incorporate the digital compass &</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">display </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">cabin pressure etc.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Alan</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jon Wallace <jon.wallace@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles
General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:00 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><br clear="none">Alan,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I am aware of that one as well. They have a model that talks "serial" which means it could interface with a microprocessor like the arduino.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Any three axis tilt compensated IC compass will also provide yaw, pitch, and roll in addition to compass readings. Scott Waters was lucky enough to pick up one of the last HMC models from Honeywell which I coded up for him. Honeywell is no longer making that particular model but it was highly accurate and only cost $150 with the breakout board. Remaining Honeywell models are in the near $400 (US) price
range.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jon<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">--------------------------------------------<br clear="none">On Mon, 1/13/14, Alan James <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice<br clear="none"> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> Date: Monday, January 13, 2014, 10:45 PM<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Hi<br clear="none"> Jon,I<br clear="none"> found this off the shelf unit for $250- (made in USA) It is<br clear="none"> designed for marine applications&<br clear="none"> has yaw, pitch & roll which is a G.L. requirement. So<br
clear="none"> it's looking attractive.http://www.ocean-server.com/compass.html<br clear="none"> It looks like I would have to<br clear="none"> run it off a computer though, which I didn't want to<br clear="none"> do,but may be forced down this<br clear="none"> path. Alan<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> From: Jon Wallace<br clear="none"> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jonw@psubs.org" href="mailto:jonw@psubs.org">jonw@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> To: Personal<br clear="none"> Submersibles General Discussion<br clear="none"> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br clear="none"> Sent:<br clear="none"> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:09 PM<br clear="none"> Subject: Re:<br clear="none"> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Compass Choice<br clear="none">
<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> A tilt-compensated electronic compass<br clear="none"> (three axis, plus three axis <br clear="none"> accelerometer)<br clear="none"> would work connected<br clear="none"> to a small microcontroller like the <br clear="none"> Arduino UNO. The HMC6352 was the standard<br clear="none"> but Honeywell stopped <br clear="none"> producing them. <br clear="none"> There are others however but probably more expensive. <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> The display could be a nice four digit LED<br clear="none"> (under two inches).<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Jon<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> _______________________________________________<br clear="none"> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect"
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