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BalloonSat Flight Computer

LCANS 2007

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Your Father’s BalloonSat…

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…Replaced With This

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ComparisonsHobo and Timer Flight Computer

• Fixed sample rate• 8-bit resolution• Hundreds of kb memory• Four sensors max• No programmable

camera control• No digital control

• Variable sample rate• 8-bit resolution• 1kb of memory• Six sensors max• Programmable camera

control• Digital control

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Programmed in PBASIC

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Interfacing Sensors and a Camera

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Inside a NearSys BalloonSat Airframe

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Power and Flight Commit Panel

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In Development

LED Photometer

Geiger Counter

BalloonSat Constellation

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Questions?

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