Hi,
I'm working on a project that's going to be submerged in seawater. I'm trying to minimize the cables coming in and out of it. The microcontroller in it will occasionally need to be reprogrammed (USB). Likewise, the batteries have balance connector and a charge/discharge connector.
For the balance connector and the USB connection, I'm wondering if using something equivalent to a fully sealed pogo pin would work so I just make physical contact with a mating connector on the outside, or if the connectivity of the seawater would create challenges.
In other words, usb would be via four little gold nubs that are a couple millimeters apart and you'd just push a corresponding connector against it to make contact. Likewise for the balance connector. Power obviously would need an actual cable
I see solutions like this on dive watches and such, but I don't know if they're doing any magic to make it work.
Thanks!
-Ben
I'm working on a project that's going to be submerged in seawater. I'm trying to minimize the cables coming in and out of it. The microcontroller in it will occasionally need to be reprogrammed (USB). Likewise, the batteries have balance connector and a charge/discharge connector.
For the balance connector and the USB connection, I'm wondering if using something equivalent to a fully sealed pogo pin would work so I just make physical contact with a mating connector on the outside, or if the connectivity of the seawater would create challenges.
In other words, usb would be via four little gold nubs that are a couple millimeters apart and you'd just push a corresponding connector against it to make contact. Likewise for the balance connector. Power obviously would need an actual cable
I see solutions like this on dive watches and such, but I don't know if they're doing any magic to make it work.
Thanks!
-Ben
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