AIRCRAFT OPERATING MANUAL FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER HANDBOOK
BalloonSat Flight Computer
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Transcript of BalloonSat Flight Computer
BalloonSat Flight Computer
LCANS 2007
Your Father’s BalloonSat…
…Replaced With This
ComparisonsHobo and Timer Flight Computer
• Fixed sample rate• 8-bit resolution• Hundreds of kb memory• Four sensors max• No programmable
camera control• No digital control
• Variable sample rate• 8-bit resolution• 1kb of memory• Six sensors max• Programmable camera
control• Digital control
Programmed in PBASIC
Interfacing Sensors and a Camera
Inside a NearSys BalloonSat Airframe
Power and Flight Commit Panel
In Development
LED Photometer
Geiger Counter
BalloonSat Constellation
Questions?
Useful Nuts and Volts Articles
November 2004 - Hack a Pencam for Near Space
January 2005 - Hack Cell Phone Batteries for Hobbyist Use
March 2005 - Modify Your Camera for Digital Control
May 2005 - Thermal Test Chamber
July 2005 – BalloonSats
November 2006 – The BalloonSats Flight Computer
January 2007 – BalloonSats, PongSats, and the Idaho Cluster Bomb