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--- projects:aerosol [2008/02/03 14:52] – laurenceb
+++ projects:aerosol [2008/07/19 23:33] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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  This is a HAB project financed by the [[http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/|University of oxford AOPP department]], to sample carbon particles from the troposphere and stratosphere, hopefully allowing some vertical resolution to be achieved.
- The aim is to design an build a modular high altitude balloon system that can be modified for future missions, and avoids proprietary hardware at all possible stages.
+ The aim is to design an build a modular high altitude balloon system that can be modified for future missions, and avoids proprietary hardware at all possible stages.{{projects:report_v4.pdf|A more detailed description of the project}}
+==== Assembled payload ====
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+==== Parachute and cutdown ====
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 ==== Code ====
- This is [[aerosol_code|under development]], the main board is running python.
+ This is under development, the [[aerosol_code|main board]] is running python, the [[daughterboard_code|daughterboard]] is powered by an AVR running c (AVR-GCC).
 ==== GPS ====
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  This was a very tricky issue, the plan is to use an electrostatic precipitator to collect particles directly onto SEM targets. The targets are grounded, and mounted at the bottom of a perspex tube. Electrodes on the opposite side of the tube are charged to high -ive voltage, causing corona discharge. There is a pump at one end of the tube, with conventional filters either side to prevent contamination.
- A differential pressure transducer is used to calculate flow rate. A piston on the end of the sampling tube is closed using a resistor cutter at balloon burst or cutdown, to protect the sample during descent. The sampling tube is removed from the gondola upon recovery, and opened in a cleanroom for analysis.
+ A differential pressure transducer is used to calculate flow rate. A [[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3852358062544335883&hl=en-GB|piston]] on the end of the sampling tube is closed using a resistor cutter at balloon burst or cutdown, to protect the sample during descent. The sampling tube is removed from the gondola upon recovery, and opened in a cleanroom for analysis.
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 __HV multipliers__ ( two 2KV units for upper troposphere and stratosphere, and a 5KV unit for lower troposhere)
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  This was being developed for general UKHAS projects, but as several boards were available, and an "in house" solution is required, will be used for primary communications. This design has never been flown before, so testing is essential.
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