Table of Contents
Guides and Ideas
Guides
Ideas
Guides and Ideas
Guides
Beginners Guide to Tracking Balloons using dl-fldigi
Sealing The Balloon
Launch Techniques
Parallax Near Space Book
(pdf) - A comprehensive guide to building a payload using a parallax microprocessor. Interesting chapter on more advanced payloads.
Balloon Data
Pre Launch Checklist
Materials
Parachute Sizing Chart
Electrical connectors
GPS modules
FSA03 Ublox 5 GPS Module
GPSbee Ublox 5 GPS Module
Inventek ISM300F2-C5-V0004 High Altitude GPS Module
uBlox NEO-6Q GPS Module
Radionova M10382 (uBlox 6)
GSM modules
Radio modules
Radiometrix NTX2
RFM22b
Linking an Arduino to a NTX2 Transmitter Tutorial
Hacking an Olympus mju 300 Camera
Hacking a Canon Digital Ixus 400 Camera
Building a servo cradle for the Canon Digital Ixus 400 Camera
Controlling a camera using an ATmega32
Selecting and using AVR programmers and development boards
Interfacing microSD cards and SD cards with AVR microprocessors with on board ISP
National Center for Atmospheric Research
- paper on altitude control
Chipcon CC1020 Software define radio
Common Coding Errors / Payload Testing
Ideas
Communication
Satellite
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Rockoon
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Power Supply
Flight Support
Landing Spot Prediction
Flight Computer
Balloon Filler
High Altitude Glider Autopilot
Circuits
Helium Valve
Ballast
Flying wing
Magnetic Cutdown
Buoyancy
RC antenna/cutdown
ArduPilot based High Altitude Glider