Hi Darrel.
Thanks for your reply and the blog link, it is very helpful.
the Intention is to do pipe surveying, (Filming). So I need the camera and Lights.
The pipes can be partially submerged and with sediments, So I would like to use the ROV watertight enclosures
So I just need to be able to have a Rover frame (firmware) set on my ROV pixhawk.
let me know if you can help me on how to create a personalized frame on ArduSub.
regards
Luis
Sorry, i’m more of a hardware guy. Good at bolting stuff together, but not at coding.
I believe my solution would get you the results, but not using Pixhawk/Ardusub.
Alright, this is churning over and over in my head. Like when you get a song stuck in your head, ya know?
Could you build a differential-steer (tank-style) rover with two drive motors (one for each side), then use (BlueROV1 Configuration), but only connect the motor ESC’s to thrusters 1 and 2? Features · GitBook
That should give you forward-reverse, slew left, slew right, without the need to create a custom ‘frame’ configuration.
(If you need me to, i can guide you through cheap parts sourcing and the design). Such as, buy two inexpensive brushless drills, cut off grip/handle, power with 2 cheap ebay brushless esc’s, (2) 12vdc 10ah SLA batteries in series, bolt-together aluminum angle frame, hand-truck tires, bicycle chain/sprockets to gang the wheels together each side.
Just ideas.
How did this project sort out for you. Im in the process of making something similar and was wondering if you solved this with the use ov BlueRov electronics?
