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> Apple is behind the first general purpose programmable dive computer

Unless Apple got into it before Heinrichs Weikamp and the OSTC [1]

This is an Open Source dive computer, that is extremely well regarded in the technical diving world. The firmware is open source and there is a "big" community, considering the niche market.

Unless apple came up with a new decompression algorithm that will model how tissues load and offgas, all you need are tables, a bottom timer a depth gauge and to follow your plan (with contingency for depth and time).

Blindly following a computer will get you in trouble if it fails during the dive.

[1] https://heinrichsweikamp.com/




Here is their decompression implementation:

https://code.heinrichsweikamp.com/public/hwos_code/file/bc21...

I went looking for this a few months ago and couldn’t find it, so I’m happy to finally have it. It’s quite well commented.


Just added that to the article. I do not see the OSTC as a general purpose programmable dive computer (under my own definition, that is).




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