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Using a case from a damaged VRX dive computer, the team thought of constructing a tool that will help in the current and future research projects. Modifications were made to the frame for the pressure sensor and the interface was changed to USB allowing the unit’s software to be programmed and updated according to the diving requirements. Thus resulting in creating a diving console that displays the direction, depth, length, average depth, temperature, and time during a dive with a DPV. It is also capable of storing way-points of a route, per meter, making it possible to download the entire route to a computer after the dive.

CONSTRUCTION:
From an old broken dive computer, first all the internals were removed and the necessary changes were made to the case in order to house the pressure sensor, additionally the interface was changed to USB allowing the unit to be both programed and charged. This interface also services the necessary updates to the software. A micro fan was modified to turn it into a pulse counter, thus, along with the other internal sensors allowing for route mapping. A scheduled update in the near future will be to add decompression algorithm.

Materials used:

5110 lcd screen
Mini esp32 processor board
i2c pressure sensor
Small lipo battery
Reed switches
Small computer fan
10dof small imu
oflex 400P kampel ,high quality German cable
 

… much time spent on designing ,testing, coding, and debugging…

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