The tangent posts just got deleted by the mods which IMO was the best solution.
I must’ve missed it. Thanks for the back-up light, brother.
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The tangent posts just got deleted by the mods which IMO was the best solution.
I must’ve missed it. Thanks for the back-up light, brother.
And Shearwater could likely have the Peregrine functionally equivalent to a Perdix (sans AI and compass) with a simple recompile of the firmware with the appropriate options enabled since they are on the same basic codebase. Far less effort than developing and testing tech support for the Excursion.[snip]
I think it's an interesting spot for the Excursion. It came out, was hailed as a great 1st dc (still is I suppose) but it was overshadowed some by the Peregrine directly afterwards. What better way to bring this back into the light as the 1st ever "inexpensive" trimix computer. It would fill a niche (I think). The last thing anyone wants to hear when they start thinking about tech is "you need 2 outrageously priced dc's"..... "just in case".
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And Shearwater could likely have the Peregrine functionally equivalent to a Perdix (sans AI and compass) with a simple recompile of the firmware with the appropriate options enabled since they are on the same basic codebase. Far less effort than developing and testing tech support for the Excursion.
As a sidebar, I am cursorily curious about (and would not be the least bit surprised) if the Peregrine processor and memory is more capable than that in the Perdix given the difference in introduction date. Leaving some headroom for the future ...
I ran out to get my wife’s Excursion and my Perdix to make sure I didn’t overlook something.
I think if firmware is under consideration then a manual scroll feature could be developed to break up data between three screens. Like my running and swimming watches, the data could be set to scroll automatically.
Agree with @Thunder Struck - we could probably save a small amount of space deleting the decimal on the current depth.
Probably best to keep it to four fields making it easier on both programmers and divers to use larger text.
First screen:
DEPTH
RUN TIME
CURRENT GAS
TTS
Second screen:
DEPTH
NEXT STOP
TAS (time at stop)
PPO2
Third screen:
DEPTH
GF Hi / GF Lo
TEMP
STOPWATCH
Going back to the original thread I remember hearing that folks wanted something that would tell them their total deco obligation before they even get to the stop. I can see this working out to be troublesome as it can easily lend itself to folks thinking they are now capable of deco diving.