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  Gary Mortimer October 3, 2014 at 3:19am

  Ok I can't resist any longer, I'm in! Its either a boat or a helicopter and I have some jobs for a boat to crack on with.
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  Thomas J Coyle III September 30, 2014 at 1:56pm

  Hi All,

  I have posted some pictures of the Pontoon RSV Transducer Housing suspension system here:Link

  I should have the suspension system completed by tomorrow afternoon and will begin to construct the mounting plates for the Depth Finder Data Logger and Battery/Terminal Connection Housings.

  Regards,

  TCIII AVD
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  Thomas J Coyle III September 26, 2014 at 4:32am

  Hi Enno,

  Thanks for the link, much appreciated. I will check it out. It looks promising.

  Regards,

  TCIII AVD
• Enno Bokkels September 26, 2014 at 4:22am

  Gd. THomas,

  This is a great project, which I'm following with interest. From profession I'm running a naval architect company and here inthe office we're also having a few students working a design of an autonomous vessel.

  Regarding your question to capture, parse & store data. I'm not sure but maybe the the following project might be interesting. http://openskipper.org/

  Good luck!

  

  About OpenSkipper

  Display and process NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000 & AIS data from nautical instuments
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  Thomas J Coyle III September 25, 2014 at 12:54pm

  @Rusty,

  Thanks for the tip, much appreciated.

  I am aware of the TinyGPS++library, but did not know that it can parse custom NMEA strings which will be a big help.

  As you know I purchased a Adafruit GPS/Data logger Arduino shield and I suspect that the software that comes with the shield makes use of the some aspects of the TinyGPS++ library:-)

  Regards,

  TCIII AVD
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  Rustom Jehangir September 25, 2014 at 12:53pm

  Hey Thomas,

  I posted this on your Pontoon Boat thread as well but I'll put it here for reference.

  You might want to check out Mikal Hart's TinyGPS++ library (arduiniana.org/libraries/tinygpsplus/). The library parses NMEA-0183 strings and is capable of parsing custom NMEA strings. That's really helpful when you want to read for non-GPS devices like your depth finder. We are using the library for our ultrasonic wind sensor and it works great. It will work with SoftwareSerial or HardwareSerial.

  Best,

  -Rusty

  TinyGPS++ | Arduiniana
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  Thomas J Coyle III September 25, 2014 at 12:31pm

  Hi All,

  I have gotten to the point with my Pontoon RSV where I need to capture, parse, and store both GPS and Intelliducer depth finder serial NMEA 0183 sentences.

  I have been using Google to search for Arduino code examples that captures, parses and logs multiple external serial inputs to see how I need to modify existing Adafruit GPS parsing and logging software. So far there has been no joy during my searches.

  If any of the members here has Arduino programming experience and knowledge (I know just enough Arduino programming to be able to splice existing code together and get it to run without errors) I would greatly appreciate some help with this programming endeavor.

  Regards,

  TCIII AVD
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  Thomas J Coyle III September 14, 2014 at 4:25pm

  Hi All,
  Now that the Blue Robotics T100 Thruster KickStarter Project is funded, if you ordered thrusters or ESCs or thrusters with integrated ESCs, be sure to return to the T100 KickStarter Project website Link to fill out the purchase survey.
  Regards,
  TCIII AVD

  

  The T100: A Game-Changing Underwater Thruster

  An efficient, rugged, affordable underwater thruster to propel the future of marine robotics and ocean exploration.
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  Thomas J Coyle III September 11, 2014 at 4:47am

  Hi Rusty,

  Sounds like great news! Congratulations on making your third stretch goal!

  Regards,

  TCIII AVD
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  Rustom Jehangir September 10, 2014 at 8:10pm

  Hello everyone! Just a friendly reminder that our Kickstarter campaign for the T100 Thruster ends in about 12 hours! If you're interested in an efficient, rugged, and affordable thruster, now's the time.

  We hit our third stretch goal as well making the T200 Thruster available. The T200 has double the thrust and is better for larger projects and for human-carrying vehicles.

  Check it out!

  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847478159/the-t100-a-game-chan...

  Also check out our website! Shortly after the Kickstarter campaign ends, we'll be launch an online store where you can pre-order the thrusters.

  www.bluerobotics.com

  Best,

  -Rusty

  

  The T100: A Game-Changing Underwater Thruster

  An efficient, rugged, affordable underwater thruster to propel the future of marine robotics and ocean exploration.