A joystick for piloting the Autonomous GPS Buoys

We have just finalized a joystick for piloting and moving the buoys.

Until now, the buoys and the Course were piloted exclusively with a mobile phone and an integrated dashboard.

This is very comprehensive and practical, with advanced features such as one-click course setup and repositioning, and buoy visualization on a map. However, this dashboard requires all buoys to be connected to the internet. Therefore, we developed a joystick that can operate in two ways:

1. In addition to the Dashboard on the mobile phone, for even more precise visual positioning on the water (offset of 2 meters to the right, ...)

2. Operating autonomously with 1 to 8 buoys, using a local communication protocol that does not rely on the internet and a range of several hundred meters (thanks to the LoRa protocol)

Joystick pour piloter une à 8 bouées, les positionner au bon endroit, puis les faire rentrer à leur position Home.

La Bouée se déplace en fonction des commandes envoyée par le Joystick, avant de se stabiliser et de rester en position stationnaire le temps de l'entrainement ou de la régate

Petit aperçu de nos 7 Bouées en cours de mise en route, sur le lac de la Sourderie