Ping-Viewer runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux and makes it easy to view the output, record data, and change settings on the Ping. Once connected, we recommend getting started with Ping-Viewer, an open-source application developed specifically for Ping devices.
The Ping can be connected to a microcontroller device, such as an Arduino, or to a computer through a BLUART USB to Serial adapter. The included header pin to JST-GH adapter makes it easy to plug into the USB to Serial and RS485 Adapter. It has four threaded mounting holes on the back and comes with a mounting bracket and hardware to make it easy to mount on the BlueROV2.
The Ping is housed in a rugged hard-anodized aluminum enclosure with an encapsulated transducer and a 1 meter (3.3 feet) cable with a pre-installed WetLink Penetrator. An advanced bottom-tracking algorithm runs on the device to determine the distance to the seafloor, even in complicated situations with multiple echoes. It has a measurement range of 50 meters (164 feet) and a measurement beamwidth of 30 degrees, perfect for applications on a rocking boat or for obstacle avoidance. The Ping uses a 115 kHz transducer frequency, away from those used on most boat echosounders to avoid interference.
It can also provide the full echo response (echo strength versus time) which can be plotted like the display of a fishfinder sonar. With that information it’s able to determine the distance to the strongest echo, which is usually the ocean floor or a large object. It operates by using a piezoelectric transducer to send an ultrasonic acoustic pulse into the water and then listens back for echoes to return. Ping combines a compact form factor and 300 meter depth rating with an open source user interface and Arduino, C++, and Python development libraries to create a powerful new tool for marine robotics!Īn echosounder, like the Ping, is one of the simplest forms of underwater sonar.
It can be used as an altimeter for ROVs and AUVs, for bathymetry work aboard a USV, as an obstacle avoidance sonar, and other underwater distance measurement applications. The Ping sonar is a multipurpose single-beam echosounder.
The Link app is compatible with Simrad NSO evo3, NSO evo2, NSS evo3, NSS evo2, NSS7/8/12, and GO series displays Lowrance HDS Carbon, HDS Gen3, HDS Gen2 Touch*, HDS Gen2**, and Elite Ti fishfinder/chartplotters and B&G Zeus³, Zeus², Zeus Touch*, and Vulcan sailing chartplotters. This makes it easier than ever to protect valuable boating data against loss or theft, and to keep backups up-to-date with zero hassle. Link also gives boaters the ability to wirelessly back up and restore waypoints, routes, and tracks directly to a mobile device. This includes the ability to work with charts, sonar, and radar, control on-board entertainment systems, view data from connected engines and instruments, and more. The Link app allows boaters to select any wirelessly connected display on board, duplicates the display in real-time on their mobile device, and puts control of most functions at their fingertips.