# Open-echo: open hardware and open source echosounding

**URL:** <https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/open-echo-open-hardware-and-open-source-echosounding/96>\
**Category:** Instrumentation & Calibration\
**Tags:** open-source, echosounder, open-hardware\
**Created:** [April 24, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/open-echo-open-hardware-and-open-source-echosounding/96 "2025-04-24T14:44:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sven](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/sven/32/22_2.png) [@Sven](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/Sven)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/open-echo-open-hardware-and-open-source-echosounding/96/1 "2025-04-24T14:44:44Z")

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this is a pretty cool open hardware and open source echosunder project. Still in development but pretty interesting at least: [https://github.com/Neumi/open\_echo](https://github.com/Neumi/open_echo)

[tesing video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm1mXpAOkp4)  
[some more info](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msbLVsY8xhQ)

copied from the Github:  
An ongoing open-source software and hardware project about building a sonar for testing, boating, bathymetry and research. Current hardware can drive a variety of commercial and DIY transducers and read RAW and interpreted distance/depth data. A python software interface lets you connect to Open Echo boards and read data and change settings.

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**Author:** ![leewujung](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/leewujung/32/101_2.png) [@leewujung](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/u/leewujung)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/open-echo-open-hardware-and-open-source-echosounding/96/2 "2025-04-25T20:13:38Z")

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Oh this is awesome! Super interested in trying out the dev version!