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| toben... |
 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:26 am |
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Hello,
I am looking to build an altimeter to my rocket. Anyone have some
suggestions for inexpensive solutions? I want to start with simple altitude
and will later move on to deploying a parachute at a certain altitude.
I am pretty handy with software, but not so great at designing hardware.
Any suggestions? |
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| Tom Biasi... |
| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:03 pm |
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"toben" <testing at (no spam) somewhere.com> wrote in message
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Quote: Hello,
I am looking to build an altimeter to my rocket. Anyone have some
suggestions for inexpensive solutions? I want to start with simple
altitude and will later move on to deploying a parachute at a certain
altitude.
I am pretty handy with software, but not so great at designing hardware.
Any suggestions?
I looked into this quite a while back.
I found some sensors and could write the progs but it became obvious that I
could not construct anything for less money than what was already available.
I did design a poor mans apogee release,. Barometric capsule that would
trigger a microswitch when pressure started going back up.
Good Luck,
Tom |
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