Building an Open-Source Tool for Cave Surveying

[@MAYERMAKES]

that project realyl has come to age and maturity!

[@philhutchinson7849]

What a great project for Cavers

[@bob_mosavo]

Thanks 👍

[@FelonyVideos]

I would love to see a seismic surveying tool. I have lots of caves with no entrance exit, but could make one if I knew where to start digging.

[@skydivekrazy76]

I think open source software combined with open source hardware will dramatically democratize technology. Imagine what's coming when we have inexpensive desktop metal 3D printing.

[@mungewell]

Totally encourage OpenSource, but it can sometimes be difficult to include too many options in a hardware design (ie different displays, Pico boards, etc). For me it's the journey of developing that's fun, not just the result.

[@Workshopshed]

For my spiders project I knew it was going to be used by someone else so that did influence the choice of software and hardware

[@Sven_Dongle]

I found the Bosch BNO055 to be a good inertial sensing unit that gives you a 9 axis IMU with a UART and I2C built in and its easy to get absolute headings and real compass readings.

[@andrewbergspage]

There's a new version: bno085

[@philunderwood1767]

I did look at this. Unfortunately the magnetometer within it is not accurate enough for my needs, we need sub-degree accuracy. I did like the autocalibration feature of it though ..