OpenROV Build

This is the first entry in a build blog for an OpenROV, serial number 66. I'm building it for my brother, Conal True, Professor of Aquaculture at the University of Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico for use in his Totoaba research program.

Here are the unboxing photos:

Everything comes tightly backed in a sturdy cardboard box.

The housing is serialized. #66 for mine.

Platform rotation servo.
Connector block for thruster power.
Pressure relief syringes for endcaps.
LEDs for camera light.
Miscelaneous hardware.
Battery contacts.

CAT5E single pair tether/ethernet.

Rings for thruster housings.

OpenROV cape. A captive Arduino clone for realtime control

Beaglebone, ARM based Linux single board computer.

Thruster components.

Motor controllers. Digital interface between thrusters and computer.

1080 resolution camera.

Battery holders and endcaps. Sand/debur these before starting build. 

Plastic components.

Central tube and endcap components.

Note the small crack. I'll try infusing with a little of the plexiglass cement.

Power connectors.
Battery and thruster wire.
Ethernet baluns.
USB right angle.
O-rings (labelled belt)

Miscelanneous bits.