They're In... (Week 5)

The gyroscope and the accelerometer finally arrived on Friday. As stated numerous times in previous posts, what we plan to do with the gyroscopes and accelerometer is hopefully program a way for the submarine to measure what "angle" it is currently at in relation to its "leveled" state. From this, it will be easier to control the submarine into moving into an angle of zero degrees. The programming for the gyroscope has already been started and the gyro has already been connected to our system.


Waterproofing is still in progress as we need to be sure that there won't be any leakage infiltrating the submarine and our waterproof plugs have not come in yet. We simply need to do some tests in order to see if our system is successful. Since we are using an Ethernet cable in order to control the submarine, we need the cable to remain buoyant in order for it to not drag on the floor. We also do not want the Ethernet cable to be floating on the surface, so what we are using are pool noodles, which, if cut right, gives an almost perfect buoyancy. The reason we want perfect buoyancy for the cable is so it does not drag the submarine along with it.


So, in essence, what we plan to do in Week 6 is to perfect the buoyancy of the cable, finish the programming for the gyroscope, and test the current systems for waterproofing.