Dr. Ramsey’s
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Dr. Ramsey’sSummer Research
Project
Summer 2013
With: Ian Egland and Brian Zohorsky
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Engineer payload and receiving system
Project “Dream”
http://dream.ianegland.name/blog/ http://dream.ianegland.name/wiki/
Contribute collected meteorological data
Goals
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Weather BalloonsLimitations• Weight• Power• Temperatu
re• Safety• Legal
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Payload
Microcontrollers• Arduino Uno• Arduino Due• Raspberry Pi
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PayloadSensors• GPS• Barometer• Hygrometer• Thermometer• HD Camera
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Receiving System
Amateur Radio• Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)• Polarization
• Quadrifiliar Helix Antenna• Amateur Television
• Fast Scan TV• Slow Scan TV
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Receiving System
Publishing• On Web
• Virtual Private Server (VPS)• On Mobile
• Android• NOAA’s National Climactic Data
Center
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Expectations• Retrieve position,
temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity from a helium-filled weather balloon at altitudes exceeding 100,000 feet, in as close to real time as possible.
• Record HD video of the journey.
• Make collected data available to the meteorological community.
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Future Work• Lower cost• Extended Flight Time• Alternate Power Sources
• Solar Cells• More Electronics Projects
• CubeSat• Lab Monitoring• Home Automation
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Thanks for your time.