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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 - proto-pic - £6.60
    • 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
projects/picoatlas/picoatlasii.1295394503.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/01/18 23:48 by jcoxon

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