Originally published at: ArduSub Research & Development: DVL - Blue Robotics As you browse through our community forums, you may come across the term “ DVL” . What is this piece of equipment and why is it useful? What is a DVL? A Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) is an underwater navigation instrumen…

Rusty and Team, I am looking forward to have this DVL implemented. regards

Hi; we have several BR2s here in Western Australia and will shortly have access to a Nortek 1000 for integration into a prototype larger vehicle that we’ve built. At this stage we’re looking purely to create stationkeep so that when the operator stops flying, the vehicle doesn’t wander off. Hardwa…

We just launched our new DVL which is designed specifically to fit ROVs like the BlueROV2. Take a look here, we’re sure you’ll like it: Water Linked launches: DVL A50 Doppler Velocity Log

Yup, saw that - I’m very keen to see the results of the integration :blush:

If we go ahead and order one, are you able to assist us with the BlueROV integration ? Initially we’re looking for stationkeep, but keen to see what else can be developed on the back of it.

We are working together with BlueRobotics on an official integration. The beta software supports station-keep like you see in our videos on YouTube, so it sounds like it fits your requirement nicely. Will assist you in get that up and running if you decide to order a DVL now. Please contact our supp…

Perfect ! We’ll have an order through in the next few days.

I see you did your verification testing in your pool. Did you have the compass enabled? If so, do you have issues with rebar in your pool interfering with the compass?

Hi @williangalvani , here in the Reality and Robotics Lab at Dartmouth College, we have been testing the Nortek DVL1000 with the BlueROV; do you have a branch for the code used for the parsing of the raw data and the integration with the ArduPilot? Following the integration guide, it looks that the …

Hi @quattrinili , This code hasn’t been touched in a long time (ardupilot’s interfaces could have changed as well), but the script I used back in the day can be found here . For a slightly more plug-and-play experience, I would recommend Water Linked’s A50 DVL .

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