![]() The Pi 3’s WiFi has been invaluable because we needed a simple way to talk to external payloads, without requiring soldering or specialised waterproof connectors. I asked Eric Stackpole, one of OpenROV’s co-founders, why wireless LAN is useful if it doesn’t work through water. I found myself mesmerised watching this video of how beautifully Trident flies underwater. Fueling a strong developer community has always been core to OpenROV, and we think our integration of the Raspberry Pi 3 will move us even further in that direction. ![]() We’ve designed the Trident software to include an integrated development environment, so people wanting to write their own plugins and modifications can edit their code directly on the vehicle through their web browser, with no additional software needed. Moreover, Trident will be (in our opinion, at least) one of the coolest devices that uses the Raspberry Pi. The built-in features will make the entire system more solid from the get-go. Having multiple cores gives Trident much better video and data processing capabilities, which will continue to come in handy as we release software updates. After some final testing last month, including testing done during our Tahoe expedition, we made the decision to move our system over to the new architecture, and we couldn’t be happier. Just after the Raspberry Pi 3 was announced, we began to research whether it would be possible to port our existing OpenROV software over to the Pi. In a recent update to their backers, they shared the news: All of us are especially excited about Trident because there’s a Raspberry Pi 3 inside. ![]() OpenROV raised over $815,000 on Kickstarter for Trident, an entirely new product to follow their popular OpenROV 2.8 underwater drone. The California-based company’s newest product, Trident, is an affordable underwater drone built with hackability in mind. Thanks to OpenROV, we can add ‘exploring the briny deep’ to that list. There are plenty of Raspberry Pis doing good work in various unusual environments, from monitoring penguins in the extreme cold of Antarctica to running schoolchildren’s programs in the earth’s orbit.
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