Comments on: Radio and Rocketry and Open Source. Awesome. http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187 Hack, Make, Teach Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Avril http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-175 Avril Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:47:26 +0000 http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187#comment-175 <i>I chatted with Bdale and Keith a bit about other uses like balloon launch, and they have been very helpful to me in my initial poking around with the TeleDongle. They’ve set up a mailing list, and that’s probably the best way to make contact to discuss things like this:</i> +1 I chatted with Bdale and Keith a bit about other uses like balloon launch, and they have been very helpful to me in my initial poking around with the TeleDongle. They’ve set up a mailing list, and that’s probably the best way to make contact to discuss things like this:
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]]> By: sconklin http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-115 sconklin Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:30:42 +0000 http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187#comment-115 I chatted with Bdale and Keith a bit about other uses like balloon launch, and they have been very helpful to me in my initial poking around with the TeleDongle. They've set up a mailing list, and that's probably the best way to make contact to discuss things like this: http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum I chatted with Bdale and Keith a bit about other uses like balloon launch, and they have been very helpful to me in my initial poking around with the TeleDongle. They’ve set up a mailing list, and that’s probably the best way to make contact to discuss things like this:

http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum

]]> By: sconklin http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-114 sconklin Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:20:55 +0000 http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187#comment-114 $350 for the telemetry unit. The store is open now: http://auric.gag.com/ and Bdale said that he's hoping to have the Telemetrum units for sale soon. Here's his blog post about it: http://www.gag.com/bdale/blog/ It would be ideal for balloon launches. It also has an uplink capability that can turn on two FET switches. These are used for firing ejection charges, etc in rockets, but they could be used for anything. You may need to hack the code to use them that way, Bdale explained to me that the on-board processor tracks different phases of flight using the sensors, so you can't (for example) fire the ejection charge during boost. If you have your own sensor package, the telemetrum boards might give you a cheap, easy radio link. $350 for the telemetry unit. The store is open now: http://auric.gag.com/ and Bdale said that he’s hoping to have the Telemetrum units for sale soon.
Here’s his blog post about it: http://www.gag.com/bdale/blog/

It would be ideal for balloon launches. It also has an uplink capability that can turn on two FET switches. These are used for firing ejection charges, etc in rockets, but they could be used for anything.

You may need to hack the code to use them that way, Bdale explained to me that the on-board processor tracks different phases of flight using the sensors, so you can’t (for example) fire the ejection charge during boost.

If you have your own sensor package, the telemetrum boards might give you a cheap, easy radio link.

]]> By: Jeff Cotten http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-113 Jeff Cotten Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:59:31 +0000 http://www.antitronics.com/?p=187#comment-113 hey, we're getting ready for a high altitude balloon launch over at Makers Local. This sounds like it would be cool for our tracking system solution! Do you know how much these cost? Part of the high altitude balloon competition is that we have to spend under a certain amount, I'm hoping that these are within budget! hey, we’re getting ready for a high altitude balloon launch over at Makers Local. This sounds like it would be cool for our tracking system solution!

Do you know how much these cost?

Part of the high altitude balloon competition is that we have to spend under a certain amount, I’m hoping that these are within budget!

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