====== Guides and Ideas ======



===== Guides =====

  * [[guides:tracking_guide|Beginners Guide to Tracking Balloons using dl-fldigi]]
  * [[guides:Sealing The Balloon]]
  * [[guides:Launch Techniques]]
  *[[http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/resources/custapps/app_nearspace.asp|Parallax Near Space Book]] (pdf) - A comprehensive guide to building a payload using a parallax microprocessor. Interesting chapter on more advanced payloads.
  * [[guides:Balloon Data]]
  * [[guides:Pre Launch Checklist]]
  * [[guides:Materials]]
  * [[guides:Parachute Sizing Chart]]
  * [[guides:Electrical connectors]]
  * [[guides:GPS modules]]
    * [[guides:falcom_fsa03|FSA03 Ublox 5 GPS Module]]
    * [[guides:gpsbee|GPSbee Ublox 5 GPS Module]]
    * [[guides:inventek-ism300|Inventek ISM300F2-C5-V0004 High Altitude GPS Module]]
    * [[guides:ublox6|uBlox NEO-6Q GPS Module]]
    * [[guides:M10382|Radionova M10382 (uBlox 6)]]
  * [[guides:GSM modules]]
  * [[guides:Radio modules]]
    * [[guides:ntx2|Radiometrix NTX2]]
    * [[guides:rfm22b|RFM22b]]
  * [[guides:linkingarduinotontx2 | Linking an Arduino to a NTX2 Transmitter Tutorial ]]
  * [[guides:Hacking a Olympus mju 300 Camera | Hacking an Olympus mju 300 Camera]]
  * [[guides:Hacking a Canon Digital Ixus 400 Camera]]
  * [[guides:Building a servo cradle for the Canon Digital Ixus 400 Camera]]
  * [[guides:Controlling a camera using an ATmega32 ]]
  * [[guides:Selecting and using AVR programmers and development boards]]
  * [[guides:Interfacing microSD cards and SD cards with AVR microprocessors with on board ISP]]
  * [[http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/94102.pdf|National Center for Atmospheric Research]] - paper on altitude control
  * [[guides:Chipcon CC1020 Software define radio]]
  * [[guides:Common Coding Errors / Payload Testing]]



===== Ideas =====

  * [[ideas:Communication]]
  * [[ideas:Satellite]]
  * "[[ideas:Rockoon]]"
  * [[ideas:Power Supply]]
  * [[ideas:Flight Support]]
  * [[ideas:Landing Spot Prediction]]
  * [[ideas:Flight Computer]]  
  * [[ideas:Balloon Filler]]
  * [[ideas:High Altitude Glider Autopilot]]
  * [[ideas:Circuits]]
  * [[ideas:Helium Valve]]
  * [[ideas:Ballast]]
  * [[ideas:Flying wing]]
  * [[ideas:Magnetic Cutdown]]
  * [[ideas:Buoyancy]]
  * [[ideas:RC antenna/cutdown]]
  * [[ideas:ArduPilot based High Altitude Glider]]