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

["Marsee Skidmore" <heyred@email.msn.com>]

You download your e-mail before you have a beer? - Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Nugent <dirkpitt77@yahoo.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Questions, questions and more questions


>      "What in the world for?", he asks....WELL, to
> quote a great movie I saw once, "Please allow me to
> retort!"
>      Had I KNOWN there was a pressure gauge with a 0-5
> volt analong signal, and had I KNOWN about the proper
> "interface", and if I was FAMILIAR, much less
> COMFORTABLE, with embedded systems(is this similar to
> solid state electronics?) then I would obviously use
> the Basicx serial LCD with eight Panavista Technicolor
> friggin' channels and some kind of analog/digital
> converter thingy!  But alas, I must plead ignorance
> for now, and hope the other members of Psubs will
> allow their runnething-over cup of knowledge to drip
> onto my ever-thirsting brain.
>    You're right.  I TOTALLY shoulda thought of that.
> Fish finders.  Huh, what WAS I thinkin'?  I'm glad I
> can go to work in the morning and fix cars for people
> who don't know how to fix them themselves...I spent 13
> hrs at work today, I just got home, and I'm grouchy.
> I'm going to go have a beer.  Don't take this too
> seriously tho, I mean this email in a poke fun kinda
> way.  Hope you see my point.  :)       Peace
>
>                                         Nuge
>
>
>
>
> --- Jon Hylands <hylands@ibm.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:49:47 -0700 (PDT), Chris
> > Nugent
> > <dirkpitt77@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > When submerged, point the transducer of one upside
> > > down(or up), n it'll reflect off the surface for a
> > > good depth reading.
> >
> > What in the world for? For under $100, you can get a
> > pressure gauge that
> > gives a 0-5 volt analog signal that is directly
> > proportional to depth.
> >
> > Translating that signal to something readable by
> > humans is not trivial, but
> > its certainly doable.
> >
> > Later,
> > Jon
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >    Jon Hylands      Jon@huv.com
> > http://www.huv.com/jon
> >
> >   Project: Micro Seeker (Micro Autonomous Underwater
> > Vehicle)
> >            http://www.huv.com
>
>
> =====
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