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ideas:flight_computer [2007/05/19 00:11] laurencebideas:flight_computer [2008/08/15 11:18] (current) – Added badger board. edmoore
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 Not used on any UKHAS projects, perhaps a bit overpriced. [[http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/resources/custapps/app_nearspace.asp|Some US based groups]] have used Basic stamps (well according to parallax promotional material at least). Not used on any UKHAS projects, perhaps a bit overpriced. [[http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/resources/custapps/app_nearspace.asp|Some US based groups]] have used Basic stamps (well according to parallax promotional material at least).
 [[http://www.parallax.com/]] [[http://www.parallax.com/]]
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  ==== PICAXE ====  ==== PICAXE ====
 Cheap but seems to lack memory ect? Cheap but seems to lack memory ect?
 [[http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/]] [[http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/]]
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 + ==== ARM ====
 +Used successfully by CUSpaceflight for the Badger flight computer series. (NXP LPC2148 on current revision).
  
  
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   *Expensive when compared to microcontrollers ($119 for basic working system)   *Expensive when compared to microcontrollers ($119 for basic working system)
   *Perhaps too much processing power for simple tasks   *Perhaps too much processing power for simple tasks
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 ====="Smart" Mobile Phones====== ====="Smart" Mobile Phones======
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  Not really a smart phone but more a smart phone module, but as it has a python interpreter, camera interface, GPS, GPRS with TCP/IP and analogue inputs this could run a whole payload!  Not really a smart phone but more a smart phone module, but as it has a python interpreter, camera interface, GPS, GPRS with TCP/IP and analogue inputs this could run a whole payload!
  
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