Fish Finder Converter

[Charles]

This project looks like it is dying or stalled.


This link supposedly converts your fish finder into a true side scan.


http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/vistascan/

[Jan]

Re: Fish Finder Converter

Charles,


As far as I am concerned it is not dying.


Its just that I am waiting for some answers about piezo elements and the program I ordered.


Before that I cannot do very much, but theorize about it.


Well, have some time to build a new Lab powersupply.


Regards, Jan

[Charles]

Re: Fish Finder Converter

Hi Jan,


For a while there seemed to be a flury of activity but it has slowed down as of late. I would be happy to help, I'm just not sure how I can contribute to the project. Let me know if there is something I can do.


Thanks,


Charles

[Patrick]

Re: Fish Finder Converter




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I would love to help, but you guys would be done with the project and in a retirement home by the time I caught up to you on electronics and programming.


Maybe it slowed down since I stopped bombing the list with photos.


I'm just in the "lurk" mode for now and waiting for you guys to tell me what piezos to order. A friend of mine did tell me that the book listed below is well worth the purchase. I'm going to order it on Friday.


Principles of Underwater Sound


R.J. Urick


McGraw-Hill, 1975


Re-released by Peninsula Publishing, 1997


The photo is of me launching the "fish" off my boat. The "fish" is a couple of feet in the water. Was that a flat ocean or what???


I will post an e-mail on how the system worked as well as some operational "do's and don'ts" soon. We are still in the "test" phase interpreting data.


Back to "lurk" mode.


Patrick

[Charles]

Re: Fish Finder Converter

I'm glad to see your still here Patrick. I actually have a degree in Electronics from the University of Houston. I have played with electronics as a kid, am a ham operator since 13 yrs old, and decided to make it my career and went to college. I designed and built many things although I had to use something like a Z80 or 8085 with external RAM and ROM. If they had the equivalent of PIC chips back then, I wasn't aware of them. Heck, a PIC chip back then was a "programmable interrupt controller". I was fairly competent and enjoyed building and programming. I went to work after college in the field for about a year. Then of course I went to work for a bank and have not kept up with current technology much less remembering what I used to know. I'm sure I could assemble boards or help out in some way. I can still solder


Thanks,


Charles