.. Open Source Glider documentation master file, created by sphinx-quickstart on Thu Feb 29 18:29:33 2024. You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. About this project =========================== Despite the admirable efforts made so far toward a low-cost, open-source underwater glider, the only practical way to get your hands on one is still to buy a commercial unit, which costs around 200k USD. My aim is to create a blueprint for a glider that students and hobbyists from all over the world can build and improve in order to explore and study the ocean autonomously down to 200 m, and hopefully later 1000 m, for weeks or even months at a time without relying on an expensive commercial glider. I will use `GitHub `_ to share the design files, Read the Docs to share background knowledge, and `Hackaday `_ to log the build. I am initially using this website to gather and share what I know about gliders in one place. This definitely makes my own life easier, and maybe it will help others too. .. note:: Please feel free to write to me about your suggestions and if you want to join this effort, at ehs.abdi@gmail.com About the author --------------------- I am an electronics engineer who has been working with commercial underwater gliders since 2015, and I find them absolutely fascinating and fun. I am by no means an expert in everything. My goal is to transfer what I have learned during this time to the average hobbyist or student and hopefully help gather more data from our oceans. I believe in citizen science, and I think that once gliders and their capabilities become accessible to more people, we will see a transformation in ocean data like never before. However, this is no simple task. Oceans are extremely harsh environments. That is why a lot of money and time has been invested in developing the current commercial units in use, and from that perspective their price point is understandable. Still, companies like BlueRobotics have shown that it is possible to create reliable and affordable marine instruments if you are not afraid of an open-source design. My hope is that more and more experts will join and contribute to this project to create a robust and affordable open-source underwater glider. .. attention:: I will probably be making a lot of wrong assumptions and flat out mistakes in trying to explain everything there is about gliders and trying to figure out how to build one from scratch! So please do help me! If there is a subject where you have more knowledge about, please correct me and enrich the community. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Introduction History Background Commercial Gliders .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Glider Components Glider Components/hulls Glider Components/VBD Glider Components/attitude Glider Components/electronics Glider Components/firmware Glider Components/comms Glider Components/battery Glider Components/connectors Glider Components/fairing Glider Components/altimeter Glider Components/missionplanner Glider Components/strobe Glider Components/dropweight .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Sensors Sensors/CTD Sensors/O2 Sensors/Fluorescence Sensors/PAR Sensors/Nitrate Sensors/Optical Imaging Sensors/Acoustics Sensors/Microstructure Sensors/Ocean Acidification Sensors/eDNA .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Other Topics Other Topics/data Other Topics/community Other Topics/nav Other Topics/ballasting Other Topics/citizenscience Other Topics/similarprojects