December 4, 2017
December 4, 2017
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August 17, 2017
August 17, 2017 Upcoming goals: Figure out what the circuit board failed during the flight. Figure out why the GPS did not record any GPS data. Investigate the reason why the cameras failed to continue recording video during the flight. Re-assemble payload box to the exact replica of the payload before it was launched on august 21st.
WEEK 4, June 12 - 16, 2017
Monday June 12, 2017 Worked on the new Circuit Board (Enes, Sam, Jonny). Update: Instead of using the BeagleBone, the Arduino ONE Board will be used because it received a signal from the Spot GPS, unlike the BeagleBone. Camera Duration Results (Grecia) GoPro Update: The GoPro started to freeze and it wouldn't restart until the battery was completely out. After contacting GoPro help support, it was discovered that it was due the use of the wrong SD card (Samsung evo). The correct SD Cards recommended for the GoPro Hero Session are the following SD Cards Recommended Samsung Gear 360 Update: The reason why the Samsung 360 lasted for about 20 minutes was due to an overheating problem. Further research showed that the overheating is a very common issue for the Samsung 360. The following step would be to program the Samsung 360 to turn on after about an hour in the air to capture some footage in 360 degrees. Kodak 270 Update: This camera can only work with a 32
Week April 24-28, 2017
Thursday 27, 2017 Board Information Updated SHIELD (COMPONENT) PORTS BLACK BEAGLE BONE BOARD Real Time Clock CDN.Learn.Adafruit.com/downloads /pdf/adding-a-real-time-clock-to-beaglebone-block.pdf P1-GND P9 - 1 GROUND P2-5V P9 - 5 POWER P3-SDA P9 - 20 P4-SCL P9 - 19 GPS: 1590 R-S -> LS20031-Locosys + Sparkfun UART2 P1-3.3V P9 - 3 POWER P2-RX P9 - 21 ? P3-TX P9 - 22 ? P4-GND P9 - 1 GROUND P5-GND Pressure: Honeywell SSCDRNT1.6 BAAA3 Analog Connection (ADC) P2-3.3V P9-3 POWER P4-GND P9-1 GROUND P3-V out P9-39 (connected to a resistor) Accelerometer: Analog Devices ADXL335 Analog (ADC) (missing calibration)
Week March 13-17, 2017 Spring-Break
Monday 13, 2017 1. We started collecting information for all the shields used in the board (technical information, libraries and diagrams). We are planning to rebuild the board. Wednesday March 15, 2017 We start tracing the wiring for every shield (component installed in the board). - Using the phyton programs used in each shield. - Following the wiring in the board. - Using the ohmmeter, to trace the wiring. Thursday, March 16, 2017 The relation of ports and shield used. SHIELD (COMPONENT) PORTS BLACK BEAGLE BONE BOARD Real Time Clock CDN.Learn.Adafruit.com/downloads /pdf/adding-a-real-time-clock-to-beaglebone-block.pdf P1-GND P9 - 1 GROUND P2-5V P9 - 5 POWER P3-SDA P9 - 20 P4-SCL P9 - 19 GPS: 1590 R-S -> LS20031-Locosys + Sparkfun