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"ULA"
SEA JEWEL

Freshmen

6

Sophomores

6

Juniors

2

Grad Students

1

MECHANICAL

• Four thrusters attached to an outer frame

 

• The main hull houses majority of the electronics and features watertight endcaps

 

• Separate, miniature versions of the main hull attached arches on the top of the frame are used to house the batteries and camera

 

• 3D-printed structure for housing the kill switch

ELECTRICAL

•  Two 14.8V 10,000 mAh LiPo batteries

 

• VN-100 AHRS donated by our sponsor, Vectornav

 

• Two Measurement Specialties US-300 pressure sensors

 

• Two SS-Aquacam cameras

 

• Temperature sensor to ensure the temperature does not get too high and electronics won't be damaged

PROGRAMMING

• Utilization of the OpenCV open-source library to process the video
received from the cameras


• Two Raspberry Pi 2s
to run image processing and all other algorithms

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• Four Arduino Unos to handle communication between the
sensors and the Raspberry Pis

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• Thrusters controlled by Raspberry Pis and Arduino Unos

©2025 BY THE TAMU AUV TEAM

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