<div dir="ltr"><div>Alec, yes. I agree. My initial approach is basic old school. The tech support guys at Teledyne are very helpful and I'm sure it has been done before. Good feedback ( I wasn't sure that email made it to the thread).<br>
</div>Thanks.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Private <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alecsmyth@gmail.com" target="_blank">alecsmyth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi Steve,</div><div><br></div><div>I find a laptop hard to imagine in a 250 just due to space constraints. I think the first thing I'd look at is whether one could interface the sonar to a tablet instead. Note that an iPad, for instance, has a 12 hour battery so you would save space, amps, and money by getting rid of the DC-AC converter.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Alec<br><br><div><br></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jan 31, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Steve McQueen <<a href="mailto:psub101@indy.rr.com" target="_blank">psub101@indy.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>All, thought I would share an
exercise I am noodling through. As an off shoot to developing my K-250
electrical layout I am looking at what it would take to add (later) a
sonar system based on a 12V DC system. Thought I could get some
feedback as well as provide an "example" for others considering a
similar scenario.<br>
<br></div>On the Psubs site under Submitter/Steve McQueen/K-250 Sonar Electrical you can find my initial version of a wiring diagram.
In this example I used easily found components as a base reference.<br><br></div>My current self inflicted design constraints:<br></div>
</div>Implementation of the Teledyne BlueView M-900 2D imaging sonar <br></div>Utilization of laptop for viewing (vs. separate processor with remote monitor)<br>Dedicated 12V DC sourced (separate from main 12V DC bank)<br>
</div>4 hours of run time<br><br></div>I am sure my initial design can
be made more efficient. The initial design has 2 parallel 12V/150 Ah
batteries which are larger and heavier than I'd like (22x4x11 inches or
560x110x280 mm and 89.3 lbs or 40.5 kg). This design gives 3.9 hrs of
run time <br>
<br>For me the design goal is to reduce battery footprint (size/weight)<br><br>Any comments? Anyone have sonar based on 12V DC?<div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div>
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