What our cousins in rocketry are doing

[From MakeZine]

"Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard are developing a solid-looking open source telemetry system that they call TeleMetrum. They have a production version available in their shop, and the board design and firmware available for download. It's got some impressive specs:

Recording altimeter for model rocketry
Supports dual deployment (can fire 2 ejection charges)
70cm ham-band transceiver for telemetry downlink
Barometric pressure sensor good to 45k feet MSL
1-axis high-g accelerometer for motor characterization
On-board, integrated GPS receiver
On-board non-volatile memory for flight data storage
USB for power, configuration, and data recovery
Integrated support for LiPo rechargeable batteries
Uses LiPo to fire e-matches, optional support for separate pyro battery
2.75 x 1 inch board designed to fit inside 29mm airframe coupler tube

[via antitronics]"

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David Channon April 27, 2010 at 2:14am

I think it is great that this information is also published here. It really does widen the scope of what is going on in this and other closely related areas. Learn from each other and all will reap the benefits.

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