Thread: DIY kontiki info

Originally Posted by possummatti

I only take home 30lb+ fish chris so wont work for me

I don't eat "shit fish" ,prefer some thing eatable but what ever floats ya boat .

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Do you dig them into the garden?

Na i just use them as berly to catch bigger fish. Then i use the bigger fish as life bait to catch marlins then i use the marlins as dog food. Its really the long way about getting dog food but works for me

Looking at the electronics side of things it isn't going to be as easy as I thought. It is going to be easier and cheaper. I reckon the guts can be put together for NZ$25-30 for a GPS guidance based system.

How on earth do you get a gps and controllers for that money and why are the ones we carry around 20 times the cost?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How on earth do you get a gps and controllers for that money and why are the ones we carry around 20 times the cost?

I'd be interested too, gps modules are cheap but the rest of it not so much, especially autopilots

Keen to learn more on the gps to 'real world' control interface for this price and simplicity to!

Also @gadgetman do you do electronic design in general?

Originally Posted by Beaker

Keen to learn more on the gps to 'real world' control interface for this price and simplicity to!

Also @gadgetman do you do electronic design in general?

It will not have any display as such as an unmanned kontiki wont need one, though it could be added.

GPS Module

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Micro Controller

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Comapss

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The bits clip together and you just program the microcontroller to do what you want. I studied electrical & electronic engineering but branched out into IT.

Bugger it, I can't turn the brain off. Would be easy enough to have the thing continue to monitor the GPS and after a set period of time decide if it is being dragged back to its start point or not. If not then fire up the motor and drive steer itself back to its launch point. A simple fail safe for a cut retrieve line.

I'm going to start with a wheeled version to test out the software.

Now there is a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Mauser308

That's awesome, good 'ol Chinese - all the bits you need for your DIY 'cruise missile', 'fishing machine'. And under US$15 delivered...

I don't need a kontiki, but I'm wondering what I need that requires those bits just well, because...

Exactly. I'm thinking of all sorts of things to do with the pile of extra bits I ordered; at those prices I figured one wasn't enough. Could flog off the programmed brains on TM and make a killing when compared to what is available already.

Yup. From an individual transistor to a complete engine rebuild kit for my wagon.

The brains have arrived. The micro-controller and GPS module next to an 18650 cell and and empty 223 case.

GM ,even with pictures you still have me stumped as to were to start . think the idea of a self returning kontiki is fantastic all the same!!

Originally Posted by stingray

GM ,even with pictures you still have me stumped as to were to start . think the idea of a self returning kontiki is fantastic all the same!!

Sort ya avatar out stinger, just fucked me neck

Originally Posted by stingray

GM ,even with pictures you still have me stumped as to were to start . think the idea of a self returning kontiki is fantastic all the same!!

That little board in the middle is the real heart. It is a little computer that can be programmed from a computer and all the little dots around it at where you connect it to power, other circuits, etc. It will monitor the GPS module which just puts out the same sort of info as any other GPS and turn the motor on and off and work the steering through a servo from a remote controlled model.