2023 Fall Ph 131

Welcome to

Microcontrollers and ROVs

This one-credit course is designed to teach you the basics about the Arduino Microcontroller

and some of the basics of Remotely Operated Vehicle Design.

Class meets Monday and Wednesday noon-12:50pm in MH 106.

Below are 11 checkpoints to work through as you learn how to use an Arduino Microcontroller to operate a small underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This material is also available at the bottom of the page in one document.

Course Checkpoints:

Checkpoint 0: Let’s learn some VPython

Checkpoint 1: Download software from http://arduino.cc.

Checkpoint 2: Make the light blink.

Checkpoint 3: Read someone else’s blinking light.

Checkpoint 4: Graphically display the data collected from your light sensor.

Checkpoint 5: Read a pressure sensor.

Checkpoint 6: Learn to run a motor using PWM and an H-Bridge.

Checkpoint 7: Learn to control the motors via feedback from the pressure sensor.

Checkpoint 8: Learn to waterproof motors (optional)

Checkpoint 9: Put together your mini-ROV

Checkpoint 10: Test your ROV designed to achieve and maintain a specified depth.

The production of the material here was supported by an HP Innovations in Education grant, the Oregon Space Grant Consortium and NSF S-STEM Grant Award #1458839.