Dive Computers
DiveCon project 2002
By Vlad Pambucol

Table of content

• Introduction
• A little bit of gas theory
  • Diving Physics
  • Gas Laws
    • Dalton’s law
    • Boyle’s law
    • Charles’ law
    • Henry’s law
  • More about bubbles. Bubbleology 101
• History of dive computers
  • Haldane’s decompression theory
  • Buhlmann’s decompression theory
• Dive computers explained
  • Component parts of a dive computer
    • The case
    • The pressure sensor
    • The O-rings
    • The electronics on the computer
• Dive computer classification
  • Air integrated computers
  • Non air integrated computers
• Features of dive computers
• Types of dive computers
  • Aeris 500 AI
    • Strengths
    • Weaknesses
    • Usage Notes
  • Aqua Lung/SeaQuest Cobra by Suunto
    • Strengths
    • Weaknesses
    • Usage Notes
  • Scubapro/Uwatec Aladin Air Console, Air Z& Air Z O2
    • Strengths
    • Weaknesses
    • Usage Notes
• The new Uwatec computers
  • Smart COM features
• Conclusion
• Annexes 1
  • An explanation Professor A A Buhlmann’s ZH-L16 Algorithm
• Annexes 2
  • How to implement Buhlmann’s algorithm on a computer