alexsleat/projectChimaera — Issue #51: 2012 Rule - Vehicle Recovery
Author: GarethG
Created: 2012-01-04 20:35:54+00:00
State: open

The following text is taken from the report that the organisers released;

* To assist in the recovery of the vehicles in restricted underwater visibility each is to be fitted with a strobe light that will operate continually. These are to be placed on the top of the vehicle, to flash at regular intervals with duration between pulses to be no longer than 5 seconds and for duration of no less than 1 second.

We did have a magnet swipe last year that worked OK, the magnet had to be so strong that it messed around with the compass a little bit. So if we call that a fall back we need two more ways of setting off. Maybe this would be another good DsPIC module that can sit on the outside of the sub and give a go signal over RS485?

You could do it optically, magnetically....