temet vince
Contributor
Hi all. I'm in a hardware class and am trying to design a bottom timer for tech diving.
I was wondering, if you were able to have the perfect bottom timer instantly appear before your eyes, what features/functions would you want?
The goal is to keep it bare bones and simple, which makes it easier to be: 1. Power efficient 2. Reliable 3. Cheap. (Way below $100). This is *not* going to be a dive computer!
Some example questions I have, but by no means should this limit your discussion:
1. Total amount of time it should keep (Uwatec displayed almost 1000 hours. That's just a waste of hardware. Realistically, how long do you all need before you'd reset it? 12 hours? Jw)
2. How deep should it go? Would it need to tell you how deep you are currently? Max you've been? Do you even want this information, or would you only want something that keeps track of time?
3. Would resetting it with a 3 second button hold work? Any easier/better way you'd like to reset it?
4. Should it reset between dives, or keep a running bottom time total for multiple dives until you reset it?
5. I was thinking it could be activated by a pressure sensor, but at what depth would you like it to start keeping track? 1 meter? Deeper would be more reliable.
I was wondering, if you were able to have the perfect bottom timer instantly appear before your eyes, what features/functions would you want?
The goal is to keep it bare bones and simple, which makes it easier to be: 1. Power efficient 2. Reliable 3. Cheap. (Way below $100). This is *not* going to be a dive computer!
Some example questions I have, but by no means should this limit your discussion:
1. Total amount of time it should keep (Uwatec displayed almost 1000 hours. That's just a waste of hardware. Realistically, how long do you all need before you'd reset it? 12 hours? Jw)
2. How deep should it go? Would it need to tell you how deep you are currently? Max you've been? Do you even want this information, or would you only want something that keeps track of time?
3. Would resetting it with a 3 second button hold work? Any easier/better way you'd like to reset it?
4. Should it reset between dives, or keep a running bottom time total for multiple dives until you reset it?
5. I was thinking it could be activated by a pressure sensor, but at what depth would you like it to start keeping track? 1 meter? Deeper would be more reliable.