Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Questions, questions and more questions

["Captain Nemo" <vulcania@interpac.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Hylands" <hylands@ibm.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Questions, questions and more questions


> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:51:04 -0400, Chris Horne <chris@chrishorne.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Can you give more specifics on this component? I've looked around
briefly but
> > didn't find anything that was simple to interface with the outside
pressure- a
> > simple pressure transducer would be difficult to use as a depth gauge...
>
> The pressure transducer I would use is sold by Digikey, and made by
> Measurement Specialties.
>
> You can use a number of products to interface to that, depending on your
> level of comfort with embedded systems. One really simple solution is the
> BasicX Serial-LCD. It has an 8-channel A/D converter onboard, and you
could
> display stuff like depth, speed, water temperature, etc.
>
> http://www.basicx.com
>
> Later,
> Jon

In the Nautilus, I use a simple mechanical water pressure gauge to indicate
depth.   Works fine, and didn't cost much at all.

VBR,

Pat