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{{Project
|ProjectName=OpenROV
|Owner=Ylebre & Jawsper
|Status=Investigating availability of parts
|Skillz=Everything
|Summary=Underwater
}}

Ylebre and jawsper plan to build an OpenROV ([http://openrov.com]). This is a small, cheap underwater robot, connected to land with a tether for control (and potentially power).

=Current points of action=
* Acryl parts
* Where to get the controller board

==Housing==
The housing will be made of several tubes and laser cut pieces of acryl.
We can probably use the laser cutter at [http://www.fablabenschede.nl FabLab] for this.

==Potentially suitable homeplugs==
These are sorted by cheapness
* [http://www.conrad.nl/ce/nl/product/973888/Conrad-Powerline-Adapter-PL200D?ref=list Conrad Powerline Adapter PL200D]
* [http://www.conrad.nl/ce/nl/product/989152/Allnet-200AV-adapter-starterkit-ALL168205Nano?ref=list Allnet 200AV adapter starterkit ALL168205Nano]
* [http://www.conrad.nl/ce/nl/product/807321/TP-LINK-TL-PA411KIT-AV500-Nano-Powerline-adapter-KIT?ref=list TP-LINK TL-PA411KIT AV500 Nano-Powerline-adapter KIT]
** Pictures of similar device + teardown: [http://openrov.com/xn/detail/6365107:Comment:37111] [http://openrov.com/xn/detail/6365107:Comment:47700]
* [http://www.conrad.nl/ce/nl/product/986639/Zyxel-Powerline-Adapter-Mini-500-PLA4201-Starterkit?ref=list Zyxel Powerline Adapter Mini 500 PLA4201 Starterkit]

* Here is a cheap Tenda P200, which is also known to work: [http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Tenda-P200-PowerLine-Mini-Adapter-Kit-P200-Includes-2-Units-/360606665302?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item53f5d50a56&_uhb=1 Ebay]

==Other==
* [http://openrov.com/xn/detail/6365107:Comment:43884 This post] explains some of the important things to keep in mind for power over the tether, and a possible solution.
* Expensive but very suitable connectors (for tether?) [http://wet-connect.com/pages/hm/hm_all.html]

=Parts list=
==Global==
* Main board: Raspberry Pi (jawsper has a spare one) or Beagle Bone Black (Ylebre might get one soon)
* Housing
* Power (batteries/lipo cells)
* Custom electronics
* Off-the-shelf electronics
* Tether ([http://www.ebay.nl/itm/2-pin-18AWG-20AWG-22AWG-24AWG-26AWG-28AWG-Black-Red-Cable-Wire-Cord-LED-Strip-/171075518045?pt=US_Lighting_Parts_and_Accessories&var&hash=item27d4e53e5d&_uhb=1 AWG20])