<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Thanks Jon,</div><div>I am getting the picture.</div><div>I can blink an LED on an arduino lol.</div><div>I am going to need a multy layered screen unfortunately. I have additional </div><div>features like motor & motor driver temperature, rpm & Watts on 7 thrusters </div><div>& some other unique displays.</div><div>I have seen some marine gauge software that is customisable but haven't </div><div>looked in detail.</div><div>This screen comes with free $500- Vdash software....</div><div><a href="http://www.digitalmarinegauges.com/products/touch-screen-display-units.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=vmj_softy.tpl&product_id=68&category_id=16">http://www.digitalmarinegauges.com/products/touch-screen-display-units.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=vmj_softy.tpl&product_id=68&category_id=16</a></div><div>Thanks for the offer to copy your system. There are a few of us that would </div><div>benefit from that. In future that would be a great way to go for any build, as</div><div>there is a lot of expense to be saved by buying the individual sensors,</div><div>putting them through the one processor & displaying on the one screen, rather</div><div>than buying a multitude of expensive units that take up more space.</div><div>I am interested in any further progress.</div><div>Cheers Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On 15/11/2018, at 12:46 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5590"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5483">My advice then, if you are patient enough, is to mimic my graphics hardware and start with my software package modifying as necessary. I don't think you are going to find a display for the Arduino that is fancy enough for what you want to do. You need to jump up to the Raspberry PI if you want serious graphics capability. With the PI there are numerous options available including a capacitive touch screen display and remote access from your phone, tablet, or computer via VNC.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6083">Unfortunately due to the unique nature of our vessels, programming is going to be required. The graphics package I use is called "Processing" but you could also use "Python". I've been a software programmer for 35 years so I found the learning curve for "Processing" pretty easy, but I will say that the program which reads my data and displays the graphics is quite intense. It's much simpler if you can fit everything you want onto one screen, but gets very complicated when you start dividing things up into different screens. Nothing is free. :)</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6768">I'm happy to share my code with you and even modify it to produce an "open software" product, which was my intent once I got things the way I wanted them. That's why I ended up using universal graphic icons instead of text for most of the display options and functionality. Frankly, I've been away from it long enough that I need to get back into the code and figure out what I did.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5452" dir="ltr"><span>Jon</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5451"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5450" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5449"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5448"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_5447"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6298"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:02 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] compass<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6295"><br><div id="yiv1143714477"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6294"><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6769">Jon,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6297">thanks. What I am not sure about is the graphics side</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6296">of things. I like what you have done, which is similar to the graphics display</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6293">on commercial submersibles, & I want to display all my sensors in a similar way. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6770">I would also like to display video image (periscope) on the same screen.</div><div>I am envisaging that there are graphics packages that make this job a bit</div><div>easier. I have seen marine instrument display programs, but a submarine being so </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6771">unique will require taylor made graphics. </div><div>I have learnt photoshop & done a bit of animation so are not too daunted by</div><div>what I may be getting in to & would probably enjoy creating some high definition</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6772">(cool) displays.</div><div>So am probably looking for some sort of program that focuses on marine,</div><div>automobile or manufacturing instrument display & has basics like bar graphs</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6773">etc but can be tailored to cover instruments on a submarine. Hopefully</div><div>something that takes a lot of programming out of the equation.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6774">Cheers Alan </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6775"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6776"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1143714477yqt1010393339" id="yiv1143714477yqt01071"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542237722162_6777"><br clear="none">On 15/11/2018, at 8:21 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660"><span>Alan,</span></div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660">You will need an arduino board, a bread board, and some wiring. Check out sparkfun or adafruit for development kits.</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660">When you have all the hardware, you will need to download the development application, load the code, then upload it to the arduino.</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_27660">The easiest and quickest way to display the output is on the "console" that comes with the development application. In actual use, an LCD display of some type is probably easiest. Check out <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1143714477enhancr2_4ba2144b-a582-3f1c-0cce-9cf0d87ebb18" id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29277" target="_blank" href="https://www.adafruit.com/?q=lcd">https://www.adafruit.com/?q=lcd</a> as an example.</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29290"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29290">Jon</div><div class="yiv1143714477qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29031"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1143714477yahoo_quoted" id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29014" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29013" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29012" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29029"> <font id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29030" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29130" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 12, 2018 11:49 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] compass<br clear="none"> </div> <div class="yiv1143714477y_msg_container" id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29011"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv1143714477"><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29010"><div></div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29028">My tilt compensated compass arrived.</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29027">Tiny little thing ( see photo ). Cost US 29:90, Bought from a </div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29026">British firm "robot electronics", but came direct from China!</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29025">Now the fun starts, as I need to process the signal on an Arduino</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29024">or Raspberry pi & do an online course ( on what I am not sure)</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29023">to be able to display it as a graphic on a screen.</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29022">Alan</div><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29009"><image1.JPG><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1143714477yqt4026915315" id="yiv1143714477yqt24861"><div id="yiv1143714477yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1542221803006_29771"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><image1.JPG></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yqt1010393339" id="yqt10750">_______________________________________________<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" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>