projects:picoatlas:picoatlasii
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PicoAtlas II
Aim
To actually see if it is possible to super-pressure mylar/foil balloons - this requires more balloons (of the same size) and a lighter payload. Launching would need a quicker ascent rate and an earlier launch time to make use of the solar heating.
Improvements for MkII
- Lighter payload
- Smaller battery - 1000mAh
- Better power saving in the code
- Smaller GPS antenna
- Lighter wire UHF antenna
- Use seeeduino rather than arduino pro
- More balloons - order 4 91cm balloons and see how many we need to use
- Preamble before tx'ing when in modes that have gaps
- Temperature sensor
- Photodiode sensor
Payload
- Seeeduino film
- GPSbee
- Mini GPS antenna
- Radiometrix NTX2
- Wire 1/4 wave + radials
- 1000mAh LiPo battery
- Some insulation
- Aiming for 75g total mass.
- Things to buy
- 1000mAh battery - coolcomponents - £12.99
- More wire - maplins
Jobs
- purchase 4x 91cm balloons
- swap arduino pro for seeeduino
- rebuild 1/4 wave with lighter radials
- order 1000mAh LiPo
- power saving code
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