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Revision as of 02:39, 7 March 2014
Contents
Project Goals
- Send a balloon with some sort of electronic equipment into the sky and try to retrieve it*.
- Reach near space.
- Take some really cool pictures.
* (Mostly) intact
Resources
Hardware
Available
- ISM300F2-C5.1-V0004 (High Altitude) GPS receiver
- Several development boards (Arduino Mega, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone v1)
- Camera with CHDK
- Ham-band radios that can be adapted for APRS
Required
- Balloon (Possible Source)
- Helium / Hydrogen
- Bright orange spray paint
- Parachute (Possible Source)
Software
Required
- Altitude & GPS logger
- Telemetry TX/RX
ToDo
- Interface GPS to desired control board
- Design and build breakout board for SMD GPS device
- Write code to read position data from GPS
- Design communications system
- Interface with ham radio
- Design power system
Persons of Interest
- Matthew - I'll try to facilitate things as best I can to move us towards our goal.
- Zach - I like space (and near-space) and I have done this once before. Also, ham license.
- Do you want to be a PoI on this project? Go ahead and add yourself and what your role will be!
Estimated Date
- May 2014 (Weather dependent)
