If all goes extraordinarily well, the AUV will have the following modules sitting in the hull:
- Acoustic modem
- Motor control
- Depth control (buoyancy control and pressure sensing)
- Master controller
Rather than wiring everything together, I plan to give each module its own power supply and use an optical communication protocol to connect the modules to the master controller. The inside of the hull will be cleaner and more solid than if everything was wired together, and waterproofing will be easier. Here’s how it works: