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Outcomes:
Finalization of budget
Clarification of top to do items
Agenda:
-Open Items
-Budget
-Top to do items before start of "Pet" projects
1. Define new science objectives
2. Microtrack...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: N/A
Time Keeper: N/A
Attendance: April, Dave, Justin, Rody, Nathan, Austin
Outcomes
Finalize first class agenda
Finalize syllabus
Finalize list of AI for...
Outcomes
Intro to current VAST goals, vision, projects, organization
Motivate students
Determine student expectations
Start working ASAP
Agenda
Introduction (5 min)
Background/Flight History (5...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: N/A
Time Keeper: N/A
Attendance: Nathan, Justin, Rody, Jessica, Austin
Outcomes
Obtain consensus on outcomes for VAST class on 01/29/07
Recieve feedback on...
Outcomes
Students will be able to navigate the various websites and resources available
Students will know how (and why) to create a team charter
Each team will produce a team...
Roles:
Facilitator: Rody Wilcox
Notes: Evan Hart
Time Keeper: Kenneth Cole
Assessor:
Attendance: Josh Gatherer, Evan Hart, Alex Odom, Rody Wilcox, Gabriel Wilson
Outcomes
Establish a meeting time...
Altitude
Meters Vs. Seconds
Pressure
Pressure (psi) Vs. Second
Accelerometer
"g"s Vs. Seconds
Gyroscope
Degrees/second Vs. Seconds
Magnetometer
Gauss Vs. Seconds
Gauss Magnitude Vs....
Roles:
Facilitator: April
Notes: Jess
Time Keeper: Dustin
Assessor: N/A
Attendance:
Outcomes
Brainstorm list of tasks for Outreach and Program Management Teams
List criteria for prioritizing list...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin Schlee
Notes:
Discussed PSR (Project Status Reports)
Decomposed Projects:
Magnatometer - Altitude control - Neutral Bouyancy
Drop Probe - Assessment - Status report
Misc...
Accomplishments
Successful assembly
Capsule remained intact for the duration of the flight
Good insulation/seal
Meet weight reduction goals
Austin is happy and the balloon gods are...
Roles:
Facilitator: Rody Wilcox
Notes: Evan Hart
Time Keeper: Kenneth Cole
Assessor:
Attendance: Josh Gatherer, Evan Hart, Alex Odom, Rody Wilcox, Gabriel Wilson
Outcomes
Group familiarity with...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: TBD
Time Keeper: TBD
Assessor: TBD
Attendance:
Outcomes
Complete first team management training workshop
Meetings
Assessment
WBS/Scheduling
Setting...
Outcomes
T-Shirt design competition/ purchasing
Pass out ISGC stickers for logbooks
Update timeline with possible launch dates
Construct plans for a fully integrated test
Introduce progress...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin
Notes: Nathan
Assessor: Nathan
Attendance: Blair, Justin, Ben, Nathan, Gabe, Jeff, Ben E.
Notes
Three main projects exist right now:
The drop probe (Ben E., Ben K.,...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: Rody
Time Keeper: Brandy
Assessor: Justin
Attendance: Austin, Rody, Nathan, Jessica, Justin, Brandy
Outcomes
All participants will be able to summarize our...
Outcomes
Identify 2-3 high school student mentor volunteers
Students will be able to describe steps of launch process (from T-2 weeks to T+1 week)
Students will see all of the hardware
Students...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: Justin
Time Keeper: Nathan
Assessor: Rody
Attendance:
Outcomes
Participants identify 2 professional/personal growth areas they want to focus on improvement
Create...
Outcomes
Define student project outcomes.
Students have knowledge of process approach to solving design problems.
Answer student questions about current situation.
List project constraints.
List...
To file NOTAM:
1. File Initial NOTAM Prior to Launch
Call - 1 (206)658-6608 - Seattle flight service NOTAM office within 24 hours of launch – Call first to file NOTAM
Alternate numbers if...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin/Austin
Notes: Bandy
Time Keeper: Jessica
Assessor: Nathan
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
Justin's outcomes for motivation discussion
Review and update AI...
Outcomes
VAST members familiar with launch tracking and recovery plan
VAST members familiar with online trajectory prediction software
Prioritize and organize the ordering of spring 07...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin
Notes: Nathan
Assessor: Nathan
Attendance: Blair, Justin, Ben K., Nathan, Gabe, Ben E.
Notes
What do we want the camera to do?
Microcontroller controlled power
Manual...
Outcomes
Answer student questions about current situation.
Review and summarize research about Earth's atmosphere
Students will be able to sketch:
Wind speed vs Altitude
Temperature vs...
Roles:
Facilitator: Nathan/Austin
Notes: Rody
Time Keeper: Brandy
Assessor: Jessica
Attendance:
Outcomes
List strategies to aid in transparent leadership
All participants aware of all team's...
Outcomes
List specific goals, assign due dates
List ideas for Vandal Friday booth (list team specific content for poster)
Set deadline for T-shirt ideas (Friday 3/9/07)...
Outcomes
Apply/reinforce knowledge of design process
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Review problem solving plan (5 min)
Design Egg Drop mechanism (40)
Egg Drop/Scoring (10 min)
Handouts/Links
Egg Drop...
Roles:
Facilitator: Rody Wilcox
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Evan Hart, Alex Odom, Rody Wilcox, Gabriel Wilson, Austin Howard, Jeff King (late)
Missing: Josh Gatherer, Erin...
Roles:
Facilitator: Bandy/Austin
Notes: Justin
Time Keeper: Rody
Assessor: Nathan
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time...
Outcomes
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Handouts/Links
Tasks
#
Roles:
Facilitator: Rody Wilcox
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Alex Odom, Rody Wilcox, Gabriel Wilson, Jeff King (percussion), Evan Hart
Missing: Josh Gatherer, Erin Henrickson (at...
Canceled
Outcomes
List accomplishments to date
Refine end of semester outcomes
Set launch date
Create list of strategies to meet outcomes
Collect feedback/$ for T-shirt
Agenda
Setup (5...
Roles:
Roles:
Facilitator: Rody/Austin
Notes: Jessica
Time Keeper: Nathan
Assessor: Justin
Attendance:
Outcomes
Scope launch system design work to fit in timeline
Set/clarify priorities
Pre launch...
Outcomes
Team receive feedback on design idea from the rest of the team
Teams have time to work on project
Agenda
Informal design review (20 min)
Work time...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin, Rody
Notes: Bandy
Time Keeper: Justin
Assessor: Jessica
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
Update AI list for launch
Update timeline for the rest of the...
Outcomes
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Handouts/Links
Tasks
#
Sensors:
3 axis accelerometers (Telemetry)
3 Hobo temperature/humidity data loggers
Imaging:
ATV (Broadcast)
Tracking:
Secondary Tracking Unit A (Big Red Bee #1)
Secondary Tracking Unit B (Big...
Outcomes
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Handouts/Links
Tasks
#
Outcomes
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Handouts/Links
Tasks
#
Roles
Facilitator: Jess, Austin
Notes: Justin
Time Keeper: Rody
Assessor: Nathan
Attendance: Justin, Austin, Brandy, Nathan, Jess, Rody
Outcomes
Construct knowledge on leadership/management...
Outcomes
Complete design modifications and testing in preparation for high school launch
Make plans for celebration event
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Report review/grading
Party planning
Initial launch...
To file NOTAM:
1. File Initial NOTAM Prior to Launch
Call - 1 (206)658-6608 - Seattle flight service NOTAM office within 24 hours of launch – Call first to file NOTAM
Alternate numbers if...
— For Sheriff / Search and Rescue Coordinators —
Contact: Austin Howard
NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium
Cell: (208) 310-3078
Moscow, Idaho
Re:NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Unmanned...
Plan
VAST will meet at 0400 in the gravel parking lot to organize launch equipment. VAST will meet with the High School Team at 0430. VAST will load the tracking equipment in the school bus. Both...
Attendance
Here: Adrian, Alex O, Alex S, Cliff, Evan, Marie, Ben, Curt
MIA: Konstantine
Workday…
Outcomes
Students have knowledge of current VAST goals, vision, projects, organization, timeline
Students have knowledge of participation expectations and semester deliverables
Students have...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: ?
Time Keeper: ?
Assessor: ?
Attendance: Add attendance to VAST info sheet on google docs
Outcomes
Establish a regular systems meeting time/place
Assign systems...
Outcomes
Students have knowledge of importance of process in design
Students get to know their team-mates
Students have fun
Establish team meeting time/place
Agenda
Setup [10 min]
Design Contest...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin
Notes: Brandy
Time Keeper: Even
Assessor: Austin
Attendance: Add attendance to VAST info sheet on google docs
Outcomes
Obtain head count for travel to RISE symposium...
Attendance
Here: Evan, Alex O, Marie, Konstantine, Cliff, Adrian
MIA: None
Outcomes
Students understand the overall structure of the teams
Students should have a basic understanding of what...
Outcomes
Capture lessons learned from design contest
Students understand basic project requirements/tasks flow
Teams have clear understanding of tasks for the week
Students have clear...
Attendance: Add attendance to VAST info sheet on google docs
Outcomes
Agenda
Semester plans
RISE symposium - theme, speakers, etc…
Future plans for RISE - Where do we go from here?
Card/key...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin
Notes: Jess
Time Keeper: Austin
Assessor: Brandy
Attendance: Add attendance to VAST info sheet on google docs
Outcomes
Agenda
Team Updates [20 min]
RISE Symposium Oct...
Attendance
Here: Adrian, Alex O, Alex S, Cliff, Evan, Konstantine, Marie
MIA: none
Workday…
Outcomes
VAST members have knowledge of the current status of the project
VAST members familiar with basic Ham Radio concepts
VAST members have knowledge of the group and individual goals of VAST...
Project
digital scale
option 1
option 2
option 3
BRB antenna (ordered)
duel band antenna
Electrical supplies
heat shrink
alligator clips
phone jacks (What for are these?)
resistors/caps...
Outcomes
Determine readiness level for a Sep 29th launch based on launch readiness review expectations
VAST members have knowledge of the launch plan
Review BRB amplifier design
Agenda
Setup [5...
Outcomes
Students understand post launch
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Assessment (10 min)
Data Review (5-10 min per team)
Handouts/Links
Tasks
Requirements
Notes
Announcements
Ham radio test Oct....
Outcomes
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Science Review (15-20 min)
Radio Amp Review (10-15 min)
Work on wiki (remainder)
Handouts/Links
Tasks
Requirements
Notes
Announcements
Ham radio test tonight in...
Outcomes
Students get ideas of what is possible with ballooning (Review of RISE symp)
Survey of ideas - how to use project meeting time for rest of semester
Agenda
Setup (1 min)
Leads summarize...
Outcomes
VAST team has fundamental knowledge of atmospheric science
VAST team has knowledge of timeline for the remainder of the semester
VAST team has knowledge of expectations for the remainder...
Outcomes
Define expectations and criteria for final presentations
VAST teams define teams and topics and create outlines for presentations
Agenda
Setup (5 min)
Best practices in presentations...
Roles:
Facilitator: Austin
Notes: Rody
Time Keeper: Austin
Assessor: Evan
Attendance: Add attendance to VAST info sheet on google docs
Outcomes
Update all team leads with current launch...
Discussion of goals to accomplish prior to the next launch (estimated to be on March 3rd).
Building at least 1 battery back up for the routers in order to address power issues experienced during...
Roles:
Facilitator: Brandy
Notes: Chris
Time Keeper: Jess
Assessor: Jasper
Outcomes
CDR Schedule
Agenda
CDR Planning: Who, What, & When [15min]
Team Status Report Updates [20 min]
Team...
We decided on who goes on the bus for the first launch, and decided what our operations were going to be. Then we split up and focused on either coding, or collecting data from the router.
Bus
On...
Attendance
Matt
Where was everyone else??
Meeting minutes
The flight was a great success from the standpoint of the communications team, good job everyone!
Google earth packet plots shown
The...
Roles:
Facilitator: Brandy
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Outcomes
Agenda
Notes
Assessment
Strengths
Improvements
Insights
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Discussion of ADATS project progress.
Discussed ADATS project progress.
Decided worm gears would be better for use with motors than a regular gearbox.
In this meeting, we decided on whether to use motors or hydraulics on the ADATS Project.
Much discussion ensued.
A final decision was made: hydraulics are to be used.
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Finals Week……Will There Be A Meeting??????……??????
TBA
Back
Stop making worthless pages…….. fill them with content
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Topics
Parachute Project
New, smaller, universal capsule
Wiki page
Ensuing Discussion
The team would most likely rather produce their own parachute than buy one to save...
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
Discussion of ADATS project progress.
Rough ADATS project time-line produced.
Project design to be completed by the end of December.
Project assembly to begin when new semester (spring 2008)...
Agenda
ARIAL Processor Preparations
Discuss what inputs and outputs ARIAL will need to maintain an altitude
Arrange a time to meet with CDH Team to discuss data logger integration
JPL:
The...
Using the Wilkinson power divider topology, it should be simple to create a splitter for the allspice network, which would allow some nodes to be hard-wired while other nodes wireless. An...
Agenda
JPL Camera Selection
Discuss Questions or Concerns About Choice of Camera
Address Further Work to be Done for JPL Probe
Order Parts
Create Shutter Triggering Circuit
JPL PDR...
Project Status
V1 Preconstruction
Problem Statement
Ginger is a bidirectional data routing system. These quad antennas will provide a signal straight-down from the drop probe to the ground team....
Project Status
Flight Tested on S08L01
Problem Statement
The Big Red Bee Amplifier is a high power RF device. Simple whip-type antennas are not effective without ground planes and ground planes are...
Project Status
V1 Flight Tested on F08L01
V2 Preconstruction
Problem Statement
Ginger is a bidirectional data routing system equipt with 70cm j-pole antennas. These antennas have a gain of around...
Project Status
V1.2 Flight Tested on S08L01
V2.0 Not Flight Tested
Problem Statement
The BeeLine GPS Transmitters are 440Mhz APRS telemetry units. The power output is only 15mW, its not surprising...
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Table of Contents
ADATS
APRS
GERTTS
GPS
HAL
LAL
NoTAM
OSCAR
RISE
TNC
VAST
ADATS
Autonomous Directional Antenna Tracking Station
APRS
Automatic Position Reporting System
GERTTS
Google...
Bio:
I was born April 18, 1986 in Lancaster, California
I grew up all across the United States. I have lived in California, Maine, Colorado, Alaska, Kansas, Idaho, and Texas.
I think that covers...
Bio:
I grew up in Moscow, Idaho.
My spare time is taken by computers, and school.
Future/Professional Interests:
Graduate school or an abstract job.
Education:
Major: Comp-Sci
Class Level:...
Project Status
Flight Tested on F08L01 and ongoing
Project Statement
Ginger is a bidirectional cross-band data routing system which provides wireless access between capsules and the ground via...
Bio
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Simi Valley, CA but did my senior year of high school in Everett, WA.
What do you like to do on your spare time?
Read, play PC and console games, go out...
Bio
Where did you grow up?
Born here in Moscow. But I grew up in Kennewick, WA (South-Eastern Washington)
What do you like to do on your spare time?
I like to swim, hang out, go to church.
What...
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. "
Albert Einstein
Place of birth: Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Status: Exchange Student
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Nome University:...
Bio
I am a junior, Electrical Engineering major at the University of Idaho. I pretty much spent all of my childhood growing up in Anchorage, Alaska. Like all good Alaskan's, I love to do anything...
Directional Antenna Leveling
Locations of Opreration
On top of the ham shack
In the field at a stationary placement
Basic Operation
Rough adjustment achieved through adjustable legs
Fine...
Bio:
Born and lived most of my life in Jakarta, Indonesia, I came to the States to pursue a bachelor's, master's and possibly a doctorate. I moved to Pullman/Moscow area around 2005 and been...
http://aprs.he.fi/
Open in another window: http://aprs.he.fi/ (Uses Google Maps)
Find the call sign(s) we are using for the flight under launches. Enter it into the "track callsign" portion of the...
APRSPoint: Overview
APRSPoint is a software application that gathers GPS information from APRS* of a specific radio and displays it on a map. The software is not free and you must have Microsoft...
...
Purpose of Project:
The purpose of the project is to design a system to control the ARIAL project
Project Deliverables:
provide two control wire and GPS data to the ARIAL...
Goal
Science Team wanted to ensure that the 12 pound parachute would slow the descent of the ARIAL probe stably and sufficiently so as to avoid damaging ARIAL.
Procedure
Science Team transported...
Moored Launch (Nov 19th, 2008)
After building and ground testing the components, we were able to do a moored launch in the Kibbie Dome on November 19th. At minimal lift, we were able to create 4 oz...
Overview
Science Team performed a test on February 9, 2009 to observe and record several operating specifications of ARIAL. The pump was allowed to run off of the batteries, pumping air into the...
Arm Code —— NEEDS REV.
LPC2138 User Manual
Datalogger Schematics
LPC2138 Pinout
Crossworks Website
Embedded File System Library
Principle Investigator (Former?)
Tony Colaprete-NASA Ames Research Center
Organizational
FAA Regulations/Safety
Tracking/Recovery Planning
Structural
Miniaturization/Structural...
Atmospheric Probe
Structures Role
The Structures team role in the project will be to build the capsule that will house the tracking and scientific equipment, as well as provide a recovery system...
Bio:
I grew up in Boise, Idaho and moved to Moscow, Idaho in 2002 to attend engineering school at the University of Idaho. On my spare weekends I love to backpack in the summer and ski in the...
What Has Been Done
Nothing that we know of, yet!
What We Want To Do
Attach a normal Mylar balloon to the capsule with 2 or more normal balloons inside, each inflated slightly less. We will be using...
(manufacturer, model)
Specifications
Performance
Physical
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Current Batteries
We currently have an large assortment of batteries used by the Communications team. Here is the current list as of 03/28/2009. Note that some of the values are either unknown or a...
Bio
I was born in Moscow, though I've lived most of my life in Spokane Valley, WA. I am very interested in computers and other related technologies. I enjoy programming and playing frisbee with...
Solution Proposal Powerpoint Proposal
11-25-2008
Jasper and I (Tony) have been working on the initial design of a cut-down system for our next launch. We are using black powder and model rocket...
Bio:
I have a Bachelors of Science in Applied Mathematics. I am doing Graduate work in Industrial Technology. I am interested in Robotics and automation. I fish and hunt when I get the...
Bio
I lived the first 14 years of my life in Kuna, ID. My family then moved to Bend, OR; with a population of 35,000 I thought we had moved to "the big city." With the mountains 20min drive from...
Where did you grow up?
Pocatello, Idaho
What do you do in your spare time?
I enjoy backpacking and playing guitar
What are some highlights of your past accomplishments?
Member of Tau Beta Pi,...
List Of Callsigns Used By VAST and the Ham Radio Club
Leadership
KE7JWW - Austin Howard
KE7JWU - Justin Schlee
Com Team
KE7PHI - Jasper Nance (can be pronounced as 'coffee')
KE7GDZ - Rody...
Imaging:
1 Digital Camera
Tracking:
Primary Tracking Unit (Kenwood TH-F6/Garmin PC-35 GPS/TinyTrak3)
Pictures:
Spring 07 - Present
This page is waiting for the high school to complete it.
BC 1 -Waldo
Housing is composed of 1" thick pink polystyrene foam. Resembling a topless box it measures 10"x10"x9".
There are two shelves made of 1/4" posterboad measuring 8"x8".
4-7.5" graphic...
MCC 1 - iSpy
weight of 3 lbs fully loaded
composed of the same foam used for Waldo
no pictures survive of capsule due to it's fragmentary nature
Payload
digital camera
big red bee
micro...
MCC 2 Yellow
* Weight of 1 lbs 2 oz without components.
* Composed of the foam and nylon.
* Lack of internal structure provides maximum flexibility.
* Contains it's own integrated rigging.
Status: Recovered
Introduction
Pepto Gizmo is the name of a capsule that was designed and built by Austin Howard and the VAST structures team as a engineering project during the spring of 2005. The...
Currently In Use
BC 1 Waldo
MCC 2 Yellow
MCC 2 I Spy
Moscow High School Capsules
BAMF
No Longer in Use
Pepto Gizmo
MCC 1 I Spy
Name: Carl Lawrence
DOB: 9-13-1990
Hometown: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Major: Physics/Math
Year: Freshman
About Me:
I love the water. When I have any spare time, I'm usually in the pool. Swimming is...
Where I grew up:
I grew up in southern Idaho in a small town called Firth, located just outside of Idaho Falls
What do I like to do on my spare time:
I like to play games, play sports, rock climb,...
Inventory Engineering Specialist Responsibilities
Keep track of launch components before, during, and after launch
Main board
Sensor board
Batteries
Battery adapter
Mounting screws
Mounting...
Goals of C&Dh For This Launch:
Launch Goals
Data Logger
The purpose of the project is to build a data logger in order to capture data reliably.
In the past data collection and telemetry have...
Mission Statement
Our mission for each flight is to provide a reliable means to record experimental data and implement control systems, either autonomous or manual control.
Responsibilities
Control...
Mission Statement
Our mission for each flight is to provide a reliable means to record experimental data and implement control systems, either autonomous or manual control.
Responsibilities
Control...
When: Tuesday at 4:30
Where: Senior Design Lab- BEL 216
C&DH Meeting 1/20/09
Today we got reacquainted with each other and went over what we did last semester
Next we broke back up...
When: Monday at 4:30
Where: Senior Design Lab - BEL 216
Anyone is welcome to come and sit in on our meetings
Class Meeting 8/26/09
Introductory Class
Welcomed Newcomers
Went over updates...
When: Tuesdays at 5:30 - 6:30
Where: ECE Senior Design Suite
8/28/07 - Meeting 1
9/04/07 - Meeting 2
9/11/07 - Meeting 3
9/18/07 - Meeting 4
9/19/07 - Meeting 5
9/25/07 - Meeting...
Note Taker Responsibilities
Document events
Time system powered on
Time launched
Time landed
Time shutdown
Document launch problems
Operational
Integration
Desired Supplies / Tools
CDH board...
Photographer Responsibilities
Video of CDH board operations
Pictures of integrated system
Pictures of post-launch
Strengths
Organized
Team willing to work and overcome obstacles
Ready prior to launch
Kept excellent records for future launches and post-analysis
Photos
Notes
Able to reallocate...
Spring 2009
Spring 2009 PDR
Spring 2009 Final Presentation
Fall 2008
CDH in class CDR
Structures Integration Responsibilities
External temperature and pressure leads
Mounting holes
GPS antenna placement
Team Manager Responsibilities
Batteries charged before launch
Overlook other team members and assist members that require assistance
COMMING SOON!
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Description of Checklists
When dealing with complicated tasks or a high number of people or supplies checklists can be used to help reduce errors. Checklists provide a list of critical items in...
-=If at First you Don't Succeed; Call it Version 1.0=-
They call me Tater Salad…
Place of Birth: Boise Idaho
Birth Date: 27 Aug 82
Status: Sophomore
Major: Electrical Engineering &...
Where did you grow up?
Boise
What do you do in your spare time?
Video Games
What are your plans for the future after graduation?
Depends on what is available.
Major?
Electrical...
BIO
I am currently a 2nd semester sophomore in the Electrical Engineering undergraduate program at the University of Idaho, with a minor in Mechanical Engineering. I lived in the Coeur d' Alene,...
Bio
I grew up in Sun Valley, Post Falls, and Spokane.
I work on experiments, computers, and random projects in my spare time. Biking and hiking are good too.
In the past, I've made furnaces,...
Meeting Schedule:
Time: Mon 4:30
Location: EP 216
01/22/07-Class 1
01/29/07-Class 2
02/05/07-Class 3
02/12/07-Class 4
02/26/07-Class 5
03/05/07-Class 6
03/19/07-Class 7
03/26/07-Class...
Bio
Where did you grow up?
Born in Texas, I spent most of my school years in Okinawa Japan, California, Idaho, and Georgia.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
In my spare time I like to...
List of accomplishments
Rewired comm. capsule twice
Built and tuned new antenna
Assembled new battery packs
Flew video for the first time (for u of i)
Excellent APRS results
List of...
Mission Statement
On order, deploy task-organized, self-sustaining combat-ready detachments capable of providing command, control, communications, and computer (C4) support to Science team, Command...
Mission Statement
Provide tracking and communication services in order to facilitate continued launches, and continually improve our equipment's reliability and capabilities.
Responsibilities
The...
When: Tuesday at 1:00 - 2:00
Where: Ham Shack
MM/DD/YY - desc
10/17/07 - progress
10/24/07 - semantics
When: Monday at 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: EP 216
Communication Meetings (Spring 08)
Communication Meetings (Fall 07)
When: Tuesdays at 1:00 - 1:30
Where: Hamshack
03/04/08 - Post Launch Review
Communication Meetings (Fall 07)
Completed Projects
A 32dB 4W Big-Red-Bee Amplifier (Rev 1.2 and Rev 2 complete)
A 441Mhz J-pole antenna for the BRB amplifier
Two 437Mhz quagi high gain antennas for extending Ginger
Ginger - The...
Purchases this semester
date
price
vendor
desc
status
comments
soon
$
digikey
2.4ghz stubby
planned
Antennas for allspice nodes
soon
$
batchpcb
Ginger and Ginger' V 1.1
planned
Ginger PCB...
Launch Tutorials
Microtrack setup
APRS Point setup
TM-D710A
Other Tutorials
Battery Charging
3. Communication
3.1. Transmit
3.1.1. Hardware
3.1.1.1. Radio 1 manual
3.1.1.2. Radio 2 manual
3.1.1.3. Radio 3 manual
3.1.1.4. Ham TV manual
3.1.2. Software
3.1.2.1. Programming Software 1
3.2....
Meeting Schedule:
Time: Wed 3:30 Wed
Location: IEEE store (aka BEL 217)
01/29/07 - First Meeting
01/31/07 - Second Meeting
03/21/07 - Meeting
03/28/07 - Meeting
Launch Attendance
list item
Evan Hart
Erin Henrickson
Gabe Wilson
Alex Odom
Rody Wilcox
Strengths/Accomplishments
Tracking data during the whole flight
TV Signal below ~1000 feet?
Improvised an...
Mission Statement
On order, deploy task-organized, self-sustaining combat-ready detachments capable of providing command, control, communications, and computer (C4) support to Science team, Command...
Bio
Where did you grow up?
I grew up around Reno, Nevada and finished the last few years of high school in Alpine, Utah.
What do you like to do on your spare time?
Some hobbies of mine are...
1. Responsible for Learning/Self Growth
I am responsible for my own leaning. When new knowledge/skills are needed to complete a task I will take the steps necessary to construct the knowledge and...
Current Projects
Main Board
Sensor Board
ARIAL Control System
Past Projects
New data logging system
Microcontroller for Pressure Sensor
PICAXE Software Code
Hardware-Sensors
ARM Datalogger Code...
Introduction
The decent of our balloon packages is one of the very few things that we have little control over. In the past we have only been concerned with using a parachute that slows the decent...
Introduction
The decent of our balloon packages is one of the very few things that we have little control over. In the past we have only been concerned with using a parachute that slows the decent...
Characteristics of a Strong Presentation
Use visuals - lots of pictures, videos, demos
Interactive - get the audience to participate in the presentation
Focused - Present the core essence of the...
Bio
I was born in North Carolina but I grew up in Spokane, Washington. In my spare time I like to play ultimate frisbee and tennis. I also compete regularly in online programming competitions and...
Graphs
Bio
Education
Major:
B.A., Astronomy and Physics (Whitman College, 1977)
B.S., Electrical Engineering (Washington State University, 1980)
M.S., Astrophysics (Stanford University, 1981)
Ph.D.,...
Bio
I am from Meridian Idaho
In my spare time I play games
Future
Someday I would like to get into the aerospace industry.
Education
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Graduation Date: 2010
Class...
Bio:
I am currently a freshman at the University of Idaho majoring in Chemical Engineering, although my interests span to many other areas of science. I graduated from Richland High School and...
Description
A design process is a systematic problem solving strategy with the goal of producing a solution that fits within a set of constraints.
Rational
Saves time
Makes problem solving...
Here are a few options I (Nathan Bialke) am looking at for cameras. I have the following decision criteria:
Price: I chose a target cost of $150 including a camera and a 1 GB memory card....
Miscellaneous Resources
Project Ideas
Links
Time Line
Syllabus
Strategic Plan
Acronyms
Glossary
Launch Requirements
Launch Checklists
Logbook Guidelines
Presentation Guidelines
Review...
Deadlines
Thanksgiving Break
General requirements to other teams
Winter Break
Proposal rough drafts to Jessica
Specific requirements for Spring Launch 1 to other teams
Prototypes ready,...
Another Idea From The Symposium:
For a very basic Altitude Leveler, we could have mechanisms that either drop weights (the example given was shot) to rise, or to bleed Helium to fall.
Task
Design and build a device to protect an egg from cracking when dropped from 20 ft. Complete the task in 40 min, using only the materials supplied.
Judging
The following equation will be used...
What Has Already Been Done?
The ISU team flew an egg this past year, contained in a special capsule designed by a 2nd grade class. To their surprise, the egg did survive the flight and landing;...
Welcome to my nook of the webpage.
Thanks for coming this far. It is quite likely that you are first person to view this page!
Although born in Florida, I am from Orofino, ID, home to the best...
Why Experimental Methods:
Prove design concept before product integration
Prove/establish reliability
Verify/create design specifications
Prove/establish accuracy of math models
Characterize...
Team 1
Brandy (cap)
Kelli
David
Beth
Charlie
Team 2
Jessica (cap)
Weston
Doug
Gabe DeRewe
Jeff
Trevor
Ben Sanders
Ben Kemery
Blair
Team 3
Rody...
Strengths
Simple designs
Iterate the design
Prototyping
Divided tasks
Note taker - communicate ideas effectively
Improvements
Time management - designate time keeper
Design in...
APRS Network Presentation
Ground Station I-GATE
Alex Odom (KE7HLM)
Cliff Murphy (KE7PHG)
University of Idaho F2007
Table of Contents
What does APRS do?
GPS & Ham Radio
I-GATEs &...
Introduction
The purpose of this part of the ADATS (Autonomous Directional Antenna Tracking Station) project is to design and roughly price the gear/motor system that could potentially control the...
Directional Antenna Leveling System
Hydraulic Drive Option
Antenna Leveling
Introduction
Briefly describe the essence of the topic area that you are presenting and why it is valuable information.
Definitions
Define any technical language that is needed to understand the...
Mobile Battery Back-Up presentation
Ground Station
Constantine Mavromichalis
University of Idaho F2007
Purpose and Goals:
To find and install batteries that will be a temporary power back-up for...
Introduction
Basic environmental chemistry and its effects in the world
Nitrous Oxide[2], Ozone[1], Carbon Monoxide, Aerosols[1]
Effects of Ozone in the Stratosphere
UV Protection
Ozone...
Current Status
Flight Equipment
1 GPS Unit, 1 Onboard Radio, TNC, Microtrack, 2 Big Red Bees, 2 Ground Radios
The Good: Redundant- One radio system failed last launch, but the balloon was still...
Hardware for Linksys Wrt54g
We have modified our routers to have two serial ports to make better use of the router.
We have also added an internal GPS unit that uses one of the serial...
Notes
Left Moscow at 6:20 am.
Arrive at launch site at St. Johns High School field at 7:47
Begin filling balloon at 7:55.
7:58 parachute check.
CDH finishes checking their equipment in the...
Seattle flight service NOTAM office: 1 (206)658-6608 - call within 24 hours of launch to file NOTAM
Spokane flight standards: 1 (509)532-2340 –ask for Judy Black for questions about FARs or...
Unmanned Free Balloon Regulations
You cannot fly a payload that:
Carries a payload package that weighs more than four pounds and has a weight/size ratio of more than three ounces per square inch...
Essence: Leading people through processes towards agreed-upon objectives in a manner that encourages participation, ownership and creativity by all those involved.
Examples:
College classroom:...
VAST Strengths
Interdisciplinary project
Well organized
Student operated
Students choose levels of involvement
Flexibility and willingness to try new things
Cool toys-Implementing and exploring...
Introduction
In order to test the knowledge in a subject area, each person will be a major contributor to a presentation on a technical area related to ballooning. Each student (or student team of...
This page is to compensate for a bug in the Wikidot system. Any pages that are linked to by using an image don't get counted as being linked together.
(Any questions, ask Cliff or Evan)
Are these...
Batteries charged/fresh
2-9V (APRS)
4-AA (camera)
1-9V (Digital camera timer)
2-F6 maha?
2-Li (main capsule)
1-green (Science/Engr)
2-BRB batteries
4-AA (cutdown)
1-D7 (ground)
1-Yaesu...
Launch F901
What is UIVAST
Idaho RISE (Research Involving Student Engineers and Educators) is the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium student high-altitude scientific balloon program for the state of Idaho. VAST...
Bio:
Raised on a Farm approximately 30 minutes west of Walla Walla WA. I came to the University of Idaho in the fall of 2002, completed my undergraduate in Computer Engineering in the Spring of...
Bio
Hey ya'll…
So I'm an electrical engineering senior, (but not that I'm gunna graduate next spring… hopefully the next…lol). I've been involved with the VAST Comm team since my second...
I'll add more later I need to learn/play with Doxygen a bit & figure out how to auto generate this information.
For now I currently have 2 classes written one for individual points and another...
Main Window
The basic idea is that we want a interface to configure what parts & pieces of our tracking, telemetry and static data we want visible from within GoogleEarth via a KML file. I...
High Altitude - + 40,000 ft above sea level. Arbitrary convention defined by Austin Howard 2007.
Why do you want to be involved with VAST?
What are the top 3 things you would like to learn this semester?
Imagine wild success at the end of the semester – What do you see? (what did you...
...
What is it?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a navigation and positioning system which relies on a network of satellites orbiting the earth. These satellites were launched by the US...
Team Rolls & Responsibilities
The Ground Station team is responsible for setting up & maintaining a stationary tracking headquarters. It would be used by University of Idaho and Moscow High...
Team Rolls & Responsibilities
The Ground Station team is responsible for setting up & maintaining a stationary tracking headquarters. It would be used by University of Idaho and Moscow High...
When: Mondays at 4:30 - 5:20
Where: Ham Shack
09/04/07 - Into/Game plan for first launch
09/11/07 - Work Day
09/17/07 - Work Day
09/24/07 - Launch Prep
10/01/07 - Launch...
When: Thursday at 14:30 - 15:30
Where: Ham Shack
Ground Station Meetings (Spring 08)
Ground Station Meetings (Fall 07)
When: <weekday> at <start:time> - <end:time>
Where: <Location>
01/22/08 - Overview/Title
MM/DD/YY - Overview/Title
Ground Station Meetings (Fall 07)
Introduction
The VAST Dashboard application is a custom software program for visualizing and logging GPS data from our balloon. It can display a map showing the locations of all packets received,...
Introduction
As part of our wireless mesh network project to share tracking equipment, we have a continued interest in providing backwards compatibility with software that communicates directly...
Project Objective
The objective of this project to locate the positions of local repeater stations in the palouse region. Knowledge of these locations will help with plotting travel routes to...
GoogleEarth Real Time Tracking System <- more info
Purpose and Goals
Extremely customizable tracking system
Complete real time processing of all data
Built from completely open source and free...
Characteristics of a Excellent Research Project
• Attainable with experience, skills, knowledge, and resources that the group has at disposal
• Diverse enough so each team can contribute and be...
Attendance
Nick Urlaub
Gabe DeRuwe
Justin Schlee
Chris Douglas
Launch Goals (for team)
Systems functioning and outputting to screen and file
Successfully outputted data to hyperterminal through...
Sept. 25, 2007
Sept. 23, 2007
Sept. 22, 2007
Jetstream loop 9/23 to 9/25.
Launch Goals (for team)
list launch goals and discuss each in terms of outcomes
Assessment of launch
list team strengths, and areas for improvement (including a short implementation...
General Team Assessment
Strengths
Data was recorded for the entire flight.
The team was was ready quickly at the launch site.
The DAQ successfully terminated it's recording sequence as...
General Team Assessment
Strengths
Capsules were tracked by Steptoe Butte, Chase Car, I-Gates, and Ground Station successfully.
Remove for flight tags made it pretty impossible to forget to remove...
Flight System
Parachute / Balloon Info
Parachute Type: Rocketman R12C
Balloon Type: Latex
Size: 1500 g
Target Flight Rates
Targeted Free Lift: 1.5-2 lbf
Average Target Ascent Rate: 1200...
We brought back the balloon and the maps/GPS's that we brought were appreciated by everyone… ya!
Launch Procedures
Prior to launch the teams create a collaborative procedure for assembling the payload and checking for critical functionality. A final launch checklist is also used to confirm...
Ground Station Objectives
Full Success
Log all packets recovered by mobile units.
Provide mission support to recover package on the same day as the launch.
Record three major areas of...
Roles and Responsibilities
Each team member volunteers for a role on launch day. There are two catagories of roles, project level roles and team level roles. The project level goals include: Head...
Science Team - Full Success!!!
Pictures - The Science Team used an anti-fog product called "Cat Crap" on the lens of the camera. We recovered 1001 pictures from the launch, of which 5 had minor...
Conlusion: Full Success
All goals for the launch were successfully achieved.
Structures Objectives
Full Success
Maintain structural integrity : Achieved
Maintain thermal Integrity : Achieved
Quick...
Tracking and Recovery Plan
[Description]
HamShack
HS School Bus
CNR SUV
Truck
Jasper's car
Moscow
Launch Site
Launch Site
Launch Site
Retrans Site
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel...
Trajectory/Weather Predictions (Prediction Tutorial)
VAST uses multiple trajectory prediction tools including an online tool. Weather forecasts are also used for planning and logistics. Launches...
To file NOTAM:
1. File Initial NOTAM Prior to Launch
Call - 1 (877) 487-6867 - Seattle flight service NOTAM office within 24 hours of launch – Call this number first to file NOTAM
Alternate...
— For Sheriff / Search and Rescue Coordinators —
Contact: Brandy Holmes
NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium
Cell: (208) 669-0743
Moscow, Idaho
Re:NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Unmanned...
To file NOTAM:
1. File Initial NOTAM Prior to Launch
Call - 1 (877) 487-6867 - Seattle flight service NOTAM office within 24 hours of launch – Call this number first to file NOTAM
Alternate...
— For Sheriff / Search and Rescue Coordinators —
Contact: Brandy Holmes
NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium
Cell: (208) 669-0743
Moscow, Idaho
Re:NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Unmanned...
Saturday (03/01/08, 1800 UTC)
Online Predict
Sprague Weather
Friday (02/29/08, 0045 UTC)
Online Predict
Sprague Weather
To file NOTAM:
1. File Initial NOTAM Prior to Launch
Call - 1 (877) 487-6867 - Seattle flight service NOTAM office within 24 hours of launch – Call this number first to file NOTAM
Alternate...
April 9th Prediction
Launching from Strabuck, landing north of Colfax
Strengths
Well organized, and prepared for inevitable technical difficulties.
Team willing to work and overcome obstacles
Multiple tracking ground systems worked well.
All members individually...
Launching from Spangle Washington. This prediction was made at 11:30, April 02, 2009 by Brandy Holmes.
To file NOTAM:
1. File Initial NOTAM Prior to Launch
Call - 1 (877) 487-6867 - Seattle flight service NOTAM office within 24 hours of launch – Call this number first to file NOTAM
Alternate...
Launch Results
As the package has not yet been returned it does not meat the criteria for success.
Lessons learned
The launching of the balloon went fairly well overall. Set up of the balloon went...
What is the SI unit of electrical Current, Voltage, and Power?
bonus: Describe each in terms of base units (m, s, kg, c …)
What is the equation for electrical power in terms of voltage and...
No one can enter the Ham shack without possessing at least a FCC issued technician class radio license or be a accompanied by a person with at least a FCC issued technicians class radio license....
Connector Type
Female
Male
Notes
SMA
Found on radio's
BNC
90 degree screw together
UHF
Used on the larger car mount antenna's
F-Type
Found on TV's, VCR's and cable...
Basic Info
Rather than recreating the wheel here are some links to wikipedia.org about varouse antenna types.
Monopole
Dipole
JPole
Yagi
Parabolic
Our Equipment
Mobile
Single Band Roof Mount...
It charges stuff
Batteries provide portable power by carrying out a chemical reaction that produces a voltage potential and that can sustain a certain amount of current by the rate of the reaction. Batteries are...
The Big Red Bee Units are an integrated GPS/RF transmitter device. "The typical usage model will be to capture and decode packets as the rocket descends under 'chute. Once your rocket hits the...
MCC 1 - Tweedle Dee
composed of the same foam used for Waldo
aluminum tape on base helps shield payload from antenna signal
Payload
Digital camera
Big Red Bee
Micro track-GPS
Micro...
The cutdown system is used to release the payload from the balloon.
The countdown circuit consits of:
Heavy gauge Nichrome wire (2)
IRF531 N-Channel MOSFET Transistor (2)
Battery (1)
Connection...
Sound Beacon
Visual Beacon
Personal attack alarm with a 9V battery and timer for audio location
Emergency strobe light for visual location.
Purchased on Ebay
purchased online
This is a HOBO —->
Hobo's monitor and record temperature to internal memory. We gots 4 of thems.
Software & Adapter
You use this by.. with… yada yada..
The...
Introduction
We do have a Kantronics, but it is usless so we don't use it.
How do you use it
Manuals
1. Put on floor.
2. Smash with large blunt object.
3. Repeat #2 until satisfied.
Homepage: http://www.kenwoodusa.com/products/ListProduct.aspx?k1=3&k2=9&k3=11&pr=2137
Manual: http://uirise.wikidot.com/local--files/hardware-kenwood-d7/Kenwood-TH-D7ae_manual.pdf
Homepage:
Manual: http://inform2.kenwoodusa.com/Manuals%5CTM-D700A.pdf
The Kenwood TH-D700 (aka radio in a box) stays with the ground crew and serves to receive and decode the aprs packets sent...
Homepage:
Overview:
Ultra compact design
144 MHz, 220 MHz (TH-F6A only), and 430/ 440 MHz amateur band FM transceiver operation
A separate wide band, all-mode receiver,...
UI VAST Linksys WRT-54G How-To
We use the Linksys WRT-54G routers to create our UI VAST WiFi Network. The capabilities of our routers have been heavily upgraded with various hardware and software...
Battery Power System
The WRT-54G can be powered off of batteries to enable better positioning of the router. It also helps ensure constant data collection capabilities without the problems of being...
RS232 Serial Port
WRT54G Router 10(2x5) Pin Header
VCC: 3.3v
GND
Pin 10
NC
Pin 8
Rx0
Pin 6
Tx0
Pin 4
VCC
Pin 2
GND
Pin 9
NC
Pin 7
Rx1
Pin 5
Tx1
Pin 3
VCC
Pin 1
Front of Router
RS 232...
eXplorist 100
Magellan Products (Homepage)
Meridian Gold (Product Page) (Manual)
Batteries: 2 x AA's
Supported NMEA Packet Types (NMEA Formats)
From the main screen go to Hit Menu -> Setup -> NMEA
V1.5...
Solid state video recorder used for recoding 704 X 240 or 352 X 240 video on SD card.
Purchased from http://www.supercircuits.com
Overview
The microcontroller coordinates the collection of GPS location data, accelerometer data, and transmitting tracking data back to ground units. The microcontroller collects GPS position...
The Microtrak Units are APRS RF transmitters. The Microtrak 300 is a 300mW unit and the Microtrak 8000 FA is a frequency agile 8W unit. The Microtrak 300 can be amplified to 8 Watts by using the...
Description
This camera was selected mainly for its built in timer. Idaho State University balloon team recommended this camera to us after many successful balloon flights. This 7 Mega Pixel...
Cable Organizers
These useful items can help place cables out of the way on crowded vehicles. For example, they allow long cables to be suspended on the interior roof of a bus so people won't step...
Pressure Sensor controller
Background
The purpose for this Project is to create a system to measure the atmospheric pressure throughout a flight. The first fall '07 flight brought up an issue...
Temperature Sensor Data Sheet (LM19.pdf)
Pressure Sensor Data Sheet
Homepage:
Manual: http://www.tigertronics.com/files/tm1man.pdf
The Tigertronics TM-1+ is located inside the flight capsule. It receives an information packet from the microprocessor every fifteen...
"TinyTrak3 is a GPS position encoder which, when connected to a serial GPS and a radio, will transmit its location at an adjustable rate. TinyTrak3 is a construction project providing an...
Specific USB -> Serial Adapters
Alcor Micro Corp (3' Green/Silver)
Windows Driver: pl2303(Alcor).zip
OSX Driver: OSX SourceForge Driver
Linux Driver:
Name: USB Prolific 2303 Single Port...
Description
This camera was purchase to be used with an amateur radio transmitter. After unsuccessfully receiving realtime video the camera was integrated with a digital video recorder.
Attendance
Launch:
Gabriel Wilson
Matthew VavRosky
Recovery:
Rody Wilcox
Chris Walker
Launch Goals (for team)
Track and recover the balloon
Success…the balloon was recovered south of...
Attendance
Evan Hart
Cliff Murphy
Alex Odom
Ben Sanders
Alex Simmons
Curt Stein
Launch Goals (for team)
Evaluate GoogleEarth's offline usability (including topo maps and aprs/igate tower add...
Attendance
Launch Goals (for team)
Baseline data on temperature, pressure, humidity
Introduce new members to launch procedures
Assessment of launch
All goals met!
Lessons Learned
Give good,...
Attendance
Delaun
David
Kelli
Am
Launch Goals (for team)
Obtain internal temperature readings on Waldo to better understand its thermal properties.
We successfully obtained internal temperature...
For a Relaxing Tune Click Play:
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For a Good Laugh Click Here and Navigate This Site.
Introduction
In the past VAST has used the Balloon Track and Near Space Ventures prediction software to conduct trajectory predictions to determine the best launch/landing site of the balloon....
High Altitude Protein Analysis
Project: HAPA: High Altitude Protein Analysis
Goal:
To study the effects of a high altitude environment on the total protein and hematocrit levels in human blood....
People Involved
Anna Camery
Delaun Smith
Introduction
The goal of this project is to create allspice nodes that can be mounted on each vehicle and constantly send their GPS coordinates to...
Introduction
Give a short overview of the project and its motivations.
People Involved
List the people involved with links to bio pages.
Goals
List what you plan to accomplish. Think...
02/22/07 Class 1
02/29/07 Class 2
HS Times:
Hour
Start
Stop
1
8:10
9:25
2
9:30
10:45
3
10:50
12:00
Lunch
12:00
12:45
4
12:45
1:55
5
2:00
3:15
So, you have a box of ginger and you want to make it go… (photos to come)
Note: The order of these steps isn't important, but it makes for a clean startup
Know what you can and can't do (in...
Hydraulic Drive system
Basics
This design option consists of a a variable flow pump in a power unit, a Spring returned cylinder, a bidirectional motor, and associated control valves. The cylinder...
1. Introduction
1.1. Launch Goals
Requirements
Provide 1500 Watts regulated ac power
Supply 4 ac outlets and 4 dc outlets
+Deisgn
back
Bio
I was born in New Orleans, Luissiana. I grew up in Maple Valley, Washington (outside of Seattle). I went to K-12 there before I moved to Moscow.
In my spare time I like to play tennis, golf,...
Bio
I was born in Portland OR, and since then, have lived in Ketchikan AK, Dallas OR, and Liberty Lake WA.
My hobbies include cars, gaming, biking, computers, and Star Wars.
Current VAST Work
I...
Bio
I grew up on a farm in southern Idaho near Meridian. I do photography of all types in my spare time with an emphasis on scientific imagery. Photomicroscopy, astrophotography, high-speed, etc....
Birth of a Star
I was born and raised in Boise, ID and would like to return there when I graduate from the University of Idaho. I decided to become an engineer when I was 8, and chose electrical...
Jeff Eggebraten is the man behind the altitude leveler project.
Bio:
I am Computer Engineering major here at U Idaho, hoping to graduate with my Bachelors in Spring of 2009 and my Masters in Spring of 2010. I grew up in Yakima and Boise, graduating...
Getting a WikiDot.Com Account
First you need to become a member of the wikidot.com service. Which you can sign up here for free.
Becoming a Member of Our Wikidot Group
At this point you should...
Bio:
Though I was born in Moses Lake, WA in 1979, I've lived in Idaho since 1984. Before moving to Moscow, ID I was most recently living in Post Falls two hours north. I enjoy the outdoors, sports,...
Overview
The Science Team has been given the opportunity to choose and operate a camera for the JPL probe. Initial design constraints are given below:
Weight
The camera must be light so that the...
Bio:
I am a sophomore (more or less) in Electrical Engineering here at the University of Idaho. In June of 2005, I moved back to Moscow to finish my education and I am loving every minute of it. I...
Bio
Where did you grow up?
Dietrich, Idaho.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Climb, rappell, lift weights, calculus, hunting, action or comedy movies, etc.
What are some highlights of...
This is the page were i will put how to setup the radio.
Author: Seth Rainsdon
*Bio*
Where I Grew Up:
Central California and Rathdrum, Idaho
What do I like to do on my spare time:
Play sports, especially Basketball, hang out with friends, and fish
Some highlights of past...
6. Launch
6.1. Launch Supplies Checklist
6.1.1. Personal Supplies Checklist
Logbook!
Snacks
Water/soda
Camera/video camera
Warm clothes i.e. gloves, hat, sweatshirt or jacket etc…
Cash in case...
2009-09-26 (HAL-F9-01) -
[[picture after launch]]
Pre Launch Report
Post Launch Report
[Google Earth]
[ Additional Data]
2009-04-04 (HAL-S9-01) - Where ya headed?...
Launch Day notes
During Setup
Accelerometer was not set flat within the structure.
Held down with tape, not secure, could cause problems with calibration.
Print screen through the serial port...
Status: Minimum Success
Original Launch Plans: (Here)
Project Manager's Summary
On September 29, 2007 27 students (10 high school, 17 college) launched 3 high altitude capsules containing...
foldunfold
Table of Contents
General Launch Information:
Post Flight Status: (Here)
Goals and Success Criteria
Project Success Criteria
Team Launch...
Status: Success!
Original Launch Plans: (Here)
Project Manager's Summary
On September 20, 2008 20 students (including 7 from Moscow High School) launched 3 high altitude capsules containing...
Pre Launch Report
General Launch Information:
Date: 9-20-08
Departure Plan
VAST team arrive at Ham Shack:0500-0530
Departure Time (Ham Shack):0530
Departure Time (High School): 0600
Launch...
foldunfold
Table of Contents
General Launch Information:
Pre Flight Status: Ready
Goals and Success Criteria
Launch Success Criteria
Team Launch Objectives
Science/Instrumentation...
1. Introduction
2. System Overview
3. Communication
4. Structures
5. Science and Engineering
6. Launch
The flight readiness review will occur at least 1 week prior to the date of launch.
During the Launch Readiness Review, the sub-systems will demonstrate that each of the following tasks have been...
Weather
Weather predictions, as observed 24 hours prior to the planned launch time, for the launch site must predict:
Wind speeds and/or wind gusts of no greater than 10 mph
Cloud cover of no more...
Flight Goals
Overall
Cut weight of flight package
Starting weight - 15lbs
Goal - 12 lbs
Final weight - 9lbs
Track and recover the complete payload the same day as launch
Record temperature, 3...
Current Status: Successfully launched and recovered
Initial Post Flight Analysis
General Launch Information:
Date: 4/21/07
Time: 0700 launch
Location: Lamont, WA (subject to change)
Flight...
This was our first time launching with the local High School. Their advanced physics class has been working on a science payload for the past couple months and we have offered to launch, track, and...
Current Status: Successfully launched and recovered
Initial Post Flight Analysis
General Launch Information:
Date: 5/15/07
Time: 0700 launch
Location: Benge
Flight Goals
Primary Goals
Track and...
Status: Success!!
Results
Good Things
over 100% of the Microtrak 8000FA packets due to repeaters =D (GPS lock constant)
over 100% of the Microtrak 300 packets due to repeaters =D (GPS lock...
Batteries charged/fresh
2-9V (APRS)
4-AA (camera)
1-9V (Digital camera timer)
2-F6 maha?
2-Li (main capsule)
1-green (Science/Engr)
2-BRB batteries
4-AA (cutdown)
1-D7 (ground)
1-Yaesu...
Science
Science Flight Payload
New Temp/Humidity Sensors
TBD C02/O3, ect, sensor
Egg
Separate balloon - altitude leveler
Science Team Wants to Know
Will comm team have 2way communications...
Status: Partial Mission Success
Original Launch Plans: (Here)
Project Manager's Summary
On March 02, 2008 the Vandal Atmospheric Science Team launched two foam capsules containing tracking...
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General Launch Information:
Post Flight Status: Partial Mission Success
Goals and Success Criteria
Project Success Criteria
Team Launch...
Status: Mission Success
Original Launch Plans: (Here)
Project Manager's Summary
On April 13th, 2008 the Vandal Atmospheric Science Team, Moscow High School, and Thermal Exposure Senior Design Team,...
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General Launch Information:
Pre Flight Status: Already Launched
Goals and Success Criteria
Launch Success Criteria
Team Launch Objectives
Science/Instrumentation...
Status: Found
Original Launch Plans: (Here)
Project Manager's Summary
On April 5, 2009 19 students launched 2 high altitude capsules containing radio tracking equipment, sensors and data...
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General Launch Information:
Pre Flight Status: Looking Good
Goals and Success Criteria
Launch Success Criteria
Team Launch Objectives
Science/Instrumentation...
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General Launch Information:
Post Flight Status: TBA
Goals and Success Criteria
Project Success Criteria
Team Launch Objectives
Science/Instrumentation...
T-3 weeks
Final individual component testing
Deliverables: Documentation of all tests performed and the outcome. Include: test procedure, observations, corrective actions taken and data...
Faculty Coordinator: David H. Atkinson, Ph.D.
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office: Buchanen 209
Phone: (208) 885-6870
email: ude.ohadiu.ece|nosnikta#ude.ohadiu.ece|nosnikta
Space...
Science/Data Systems Functioning High School
Science/Data Systems Functioning VAST
Pre-Integration Packet Radio Check High School
Pre-Integration Packet Radio Check VAST
Pre-Integration...
APRS Format
google APRS Maps
APRS World
FindU
QRZ.com
APRS wiki
APRS Protocol Specification v1.0.1 - (source)
How APRS Works (Power Point Slides)
Build your own TNC
Federal Aviation...
Goal
To assemble the images taken by ARIAL throughout a flight into a single map of the entire area. This experiment will simulate a planetary explorer that maps the terrain it flies...
Pin Number
Pin Name
Functionality
1
P0.21/PWM5/AD1.6/CAP1.3
ADC
2
P0.22/AD1.7/CAP0.0/MAT0.0
ADC
3
RTCX1
32.768 KHz Crystal
4
P1.19/TRACEPKT3
AD7856 #2 Conversion Start
5
RTCX2
32.768...
Goal
To map the Earth's magnetic fields for geologic study
Project Description
ARIAL will fly at an altitude of 10,000 feet and take electromagnetic images or field intensity readings using a...
Principle Investigator (Former?)
Leslie Baker - University of Idaho
Current Status
Purchasing supplies to implement altitude leveler
Organizational
FAA Regulations/Safety
Tracking/Recovery...
We now have easy to use mailing lists for anyone in the class who doesn't want to maintain them yourself. Please use them, this is why we have them.
Note: You can't send to any of these addresses...
Purpose of Project:
The purpose of the project is to build a cubesat sized circuit board that performs the primary services required for most science and engineering projects.
The data logger...
Status: Totally Successful
Strengths
Actively participated in the launch from the Ham Shack!
Kept in constant communication with all of the mobile teams
We were able to track the balloon via the...
Strengths
Strong communication - This is important because it gives the decision makers the information they need to make decisions and keeps all the team informed. This was done through hand held...
Status: Success
Strengths
Quick set-up, approximately 45 minutes.
New ISpy maintained thermal integrity.
Minimal Damage to both capsules.
All equipment inside capsules is...
Strengths
The package was recovered with all of our equipment in tact.
The logging system properly executed it's programming to collect data
The logging system properly exited from the sampling...
Strengths
Capsules were tracked via I-gates and ground team
Remove for flight keys worked perfectly
Improvements
More coordination on the evil, evil, USB serial converters
One of the trackers...
Good stuff
100% Attendance
100% laptop power
mobile improvization
massive amounts of cable managementizationment
We had some road maps and you didn't
stuff we could improvization
not us… but...
The two balloon launch was a mixed success. On one hand we were able to set up and track two balloons, but there were problems organizing the two teams on the launch site. It was suggested in the...
Science Team
For this launch, the Science Team was not flying any new equipment, and spent the launch helping any of the other teams as necessary.
Meetings
Organization
High School Class Schedule
Team Members (leads@uivast.com)
Dave Atkinson (Faculty Coordinator)
Austin Howard (Project Manager)
Justin Schlee (Project Systems...
Meeting Schedule:
Time: 2:30 Fridays
Location: ASME Lounge (EP 211)
01/19/07 - Class 1 Planning
01/28/07 - Class 2 Planning
02/02/07 - Class 3 Planning
02/09/07 - Class 4 Planning
02/16/07 -...
Bio
Where did you grow up? Anchorage AK
What do you like to do on your spare time? Play banjo, study non school things, live concerts, and bike riding.
What are some highlights of your past...
Bio
Hello. My name is Matthew VavRosky and I am an undergraduate at the University of Idaho studying Electrical Engineering.
Future
I am currently working for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories...
Temp/Humidity sensor
-40C max
Must be outside
Will handle lots of damage
Atmospheric sensor - Direct Sense
$500 +
doesn't like less than 8 ppm
Requires PDA for data logging ($499)
Power from...
From last meeting
Launch report - See Meeting 10
Notes
Hardware
IC-SHT15 Temp sensor with humidity sensor (I2C)
Possibly new one coming in instead of this one
Lassen IQ GPS (UART)
AD7856...
Review of Last year
Roles
* Gabe - Assisted Nathan with microcontroller programming
* Trevor - Power
Projects
Justin is working on integrating a pressure sensor into the next launch.
Working on...
Flight 1 Launch Roles
Justin - Observations
Chris - Integrator
Trevor- Batteries, integration
Gabe - Data Comm Verification
To Do
Wiki - Final Launch Checklist
Document Payload - mass, components...
From last meeting
* Wiki - Final launch checklist -Chris
* Document payload -All
* update tasklist -Chris
* purchase new batteries - Justin
Action Items
Get Li-Ion batteries, test/drain/condition...
From last meeting
Wiki - Final launch checklist -Chris
Document payload -All
update tasklist -Chris
purchase new batteries - Justin
Get Li-Ion batteries, test/drain/condition - Justin
Solder...
Agenda
JPL Camera Selection
Discuss Questions or Concerns About Choice of Camera
Plan a Test for the ATC3K Video Camera
Order Parts
ARIAL Drop Test
Schedule a Test Time
Address Preparation to...
From last meeting
Document payload -All
purchase new batteries - Justin
Repair Nichrome circuit (replace MOSFETS) - Gabe
Implement Data storage method - Gabe
Create pressure calibration chamber -...
From last meeting
Integrate into Structure
Add telemetry
Was not implemented due to testing and weight restraints.
Double-check parameters before launch
purchase new batteries -...
From last meeting
Integrate into Structure
Add telemetry
Was not implemented due to testing and weight restraints.
Double-check parameters before launch
purchase new batteries - Justin
Launch...
Meeting Guidelines
1) Start on time.
2) Follow an agenda with clear outcomes.
3) Be prepared.
4) Involve the entire team.
5) Ensure all participants hear.
(Esp. during Teleconferences)
6) One...
Class
Management
Outreach
Communication
Science and Engineering
Structures
High School
Meeting Template
Roles:
Facilitator:
Notes:
Time Keeper:
Assessor:
Attendance: Person 1, Person 2 …
Outcomes
First item
Agenda
First item (time limit)
Handouts/Links
Notes
AI
Description
Owner
Due...
BIO
My name is Mike Thomas
Major is in Civil Engineering
Work for the Department of Agulculture as a SCEP
FREE TIME
Play vidio games
Ride my ATV
Go Fishing
Play with my Dog
FUTURE
Plan to get my...
MICRO-TRAK 8000 SETUP
The Micro-Trak is a fully assembled and populated printed circuit board. To use the Micro-Trak, all that is needed is some simple programming, a power source, an antenna, and...
Bio
Where did you grow up?
Boise Idaho
What do you like to do on your spare time?
video games, reading fiction and non fiction, and in some cases homework
What are some highlights of your past...
...
— For Sheriff / Search and Rescue Coordinators —
Contact: Austin Howard
NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium
Cell: (208) 310-3078
Moscow, Idaho
Re:NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Unmanned...
All flight hardware has been recovered
04-15-08 - KE7JWW (Austin)
Both capsules have been returned. Keep checking here for more details.
Pepto Gizmo has returned
04-13-08 - KE7JWW (Austin)
On...
Organization Chart
Teams
Project Leadership (2-3 people)
Manager (1 person)
Systems Engineer (1 person)
Coordinator (? 1 person ?)
Science/Instrumentation (2-3 people)
Science (1-2...
Meeting Schedule:
Time: 5:00 Thrusdays
Location: ASME Lounge (EP 211)
01/29/07 - First Meeting
module "wiki/pagestagcloud/PagesListByTagModule"
This Camera was suggestion came from a symposium that Jess Smith attended in fall of 2008.
The Pentax Optio W30 7.1MP Digital Camera was discussed at a symposium that Jess Smith attended in...
Project Leadership (leads@uivast.com)
Dave Atkinson (Faculty Coordinator)
Brandy Holmes (Project Manager)
Kevin Ramus (System Engineer)
Science/Instrumentation (sci@uivast.com)
Jeff Eggebraaten...
Group Mailing Lists <— Click Here to Learn More
Project Leadership (leads@uivast.com)
Dave Atkinson (Faculty Coordinator)
Austin Howard (Project Manager)
Justin Schlee (Project Systems...
Project Leadership (leads@uivast.com)
Dave Atkinson (Faculty Coordinator)
Austin Howard (Project Manager)
Justin Schlee (Project Systems Engineer)
More Management...
Logbook!
Snacks
Water/soda
Camera/video camera
Warm clothes i.e. gloves, hat, sweatshirt or jacket etc…
Cash in case we stop for breakfast or lunch
Hiking boots and change of shoes/socks if...
Full Duplex Command and Control
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Table of Contents
Full Duplex Command and Control
Oct. 17
To Research
Choices
Useful Web Links
Oct. 24
Goals
Oct. 17
To...
*Determine bandwidth needs
*devices
*Allspice
* cc2500 $1.50 ti chip con
*Ginger to GingerPrime
* CC1101 $1.85 ti chipcon
gabe insert flow chart here
download smartrf studio
start board layout in eagle
antenna design ideas
cc2500EM
cc1101EM 433MHz
APRS Track from TinyTrak3 (view in Google Earth)
GPS Track from Rabbit uC (view in Google Earth)
Top Altitude: greater than 89045 feet
Signal Propagation Distance: greater than 465.5 km (APRS...
What are we doing?
The goal of this project is to able to fly a weather balloon probe at a constant altitude.
Why are we doing it?
The current method for a VAST launch is to send the probe with all...
People Involved
Evan Hart
Brandy Holmes
Alex Odom
Rody Wilcox
Purpose of Project
ADAT would allow a machine to do the hard work of pointing the antenna and allow the person previously monitoring...
Data Logger Proposal
Science and Engineering
Primary Investigators: Nathan Bialke and Justin Schlee
Purpose of Project:
The purpose of the project is to build a data logger in order to capture...
Phase 0-Project Scoping
Deliverables:
Team Charter – signed by all team members
Project Proposal
Initial project timeline (specify time spent in each phase)
Phase 1-Problem...
Purpose of Project
The current VAST probe has two Canon Elph cameras used for image acquisition. These cameras are film-based and use a rather odd 24mm format called Advantix/Advanced Photo System....
People Involved
Evan Hart
Introduction
The Google Earth Real Time Tracking System (GERTTS for short) is a highly customizable add-on to Google's popular cross platform and free mapping product,...
Project Status
Flight Tested on F08L01
Problem Statement
We want to send commands to the balloon
We want to recieve data from the balloon
We want to do this in realtime
We want EVERYONE to be able...
Introduction
Many mapping software programs have the ability to read GPS data from a serial port. When the data is received from a GPS unit, the mapping software usually plots the data, recording...
People Involved
Evan Hart - Software Development (GERTTS)
Rody Wilcox - Radio
Unassigned - Antenna/Rotor Work
Introduction
Ham shack stationary tracking station…
software: mappoint (old...
Possible projects
• Photovoltaics – recharging batteries and powering probe systems, storing energy for probe systems, etc. (consider charging of ultracapacitors)
• Aerobots and novel descent...
When: Wednesday at 4:30 - 5:20
Where: EP 216
08/27/2008 - Happy Syllabus day
10/01/2008 - HAM radio guest speaker talking about how to get a license
Project Meetings (Sprint 08)
Project...
When: Wednesday at 4:30 - 5:20
Where: EP-216
08/22/07 - Project Introduction
08/29/07 - Design Contest
09/04/07 - Launch Review Expectations/Task Distribution
09/12/07 - Progress...
When: <weekday> at <start:time> - <end:time>
Where: <Location>
MM/DD/YY - Overview/Title
Project Meetings (Fall 07)
People Involved
Evan Hart - Hardware / Project Oversite
Constantine Mavromichalis - Battery Back-Up
Cliff Murphy - Firmware / Software
Alex Odom - Data Merging/Sharing Research
Ben Sanders -...
Team Members: Andy Breshars and Adrian Aspinall
What we are doing:
We are obtaining and sending up an ozonesonde* to receive relevant data on the atmosphere in relations to Ozone. This will help us...
To be revised…
Introduction
Power is a big issue for the VAST team. The last few missions have shown that one 12V power source and an inverter is not enough to reliably power the electronics needed to access and...
VAST Task Proposal Outline
Formating:
12 pt font, single or 1.5 line spacing, 1-3 pages
Purpose of Project
Summary of the problem you are trying to solve (1 paragraph)
Background related to...
Role Description
The responsibility of Project Systems Engineer Manager is to create a working environment where the defined objectives of the VAST can be accomplished to the highest of...
Team Members: Weston Ricks
What we are doing:
We are measuring both the internal and external temperatures, as well as the external humidity.
Why we are doing it:
The temperature and humidity are...
Introduction
Give a short overview of the project and its motivations.
People Involved
List the people involved with links to bio pages.
Outcomes
List what you plan to accomplish. Think big....
VAST Vision
The University of Idaho RISE program will continue to expand and develop as an organization renowned for inspiring a passion for exploration of our universe in the hearts and minds of...
Title (A Proposal … )
Summary / Abstract
(keep this short—100 words; summarize the whole proposal)
Introduction
Background
explain the situation
show what created the problem
show why the...
Reading Latitudes and Longitudes:
Ex) Latitude : 415100N → Latitude : 41°51’00’’ North
Longitude : 0872900W → Longitude : 87°39’00’’ West
Degrees/Minutes/Seconds → Decimal...
Radio Frequencies
Primary: 146.580 MHz
Secondary: 147.500 MHz
Radio Operators
List ( Call ) - Location
List ( Call ) - Location
List ( Call ) - Location
List ( Call ) - Location
Radio...
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2-way Radio Link Studies
Launch 2008, April 13th
We are trying to determine our effective/possible radio coverage area from our ground station / ham shack. This...
Bands
Frequency
Designation
Wavelength
3
30 kHz
Very Low Frequency
VLF
100,000
10,000 m
30
300 kHz
Low Frequency
LF
10,000
1000 m
300
3000 kHz
Medium...
*Name Randall Gunn
*Major Philosophy and Physics
*Grade level Sophomore
*About Me I like to eat plums. There are probably my favorite fruit. Every since the invention of spell-check, I have become...
Courtesy of aprs.he.fi
2007-04-21 14:57:42z: KE7JWX-1>APT311,WA7RVV-12,WIDE2*,qAo,W7PAQ:/145738h4712.15N/11754.21WO044/006/A=004815
2007-04-21 14:58:53z:...
CDR Outline:
Needs/Specifications
What is your product designed to do? (Be specific, if its not measurable its not a specification)
Design calculations/modeling
Design concept
Block diagram of...
The Post Flight Review will occur within one week prior to every launch. During the Post Flight Review, the sub-systems will review the flight data and explain how all flight data can be accessed...
Problem Statement
RF Links are hard to predict. Frequency, antennas, output power, and bit-rate (which is related to receiver sensitivity) all have an effect on the link distance and reliability....
Using an Alinco dj-c5t, a TTS-03 TextSpeak™ Module, and an allspice node running custom software it should be possible to create a fun and interactive voice radio onboard the balloon to talk and...
Go here to see my profile
Profile
Organization
Click here for the VAST organization chart.
Roles and Responsibilities
Project Manager [Brandy Holmes]
+ description
- collapse
Project Manager Job Description
The...
Where did you grow up?
Central California.
What do you do in your spare time?
Play baseball, basketball, football, video games, listen to music, hunting, fishing and camping.
What are some...
Science Projects
Atmospheric Entry Probe
Principle Investigator: Tony Colaprete-NASA Ames Research Center
Magnetic Sensing of Basalt Flats
Principle Investigator: Leslie Baker-University of...
Overview
The purpose of the Vandal Atmospheric Science Team Semester Report is to create a formalized document that:
helps insure project continuity through detailed descriptions of project goals,...
Work Day
Objectives
Battery pack for camera 4-AA
Integrate 555 Timer onto camera
Attendance: Gabe, Justin, Blair
Blair finished battery pack
Camera did not work on power up. Gabe and Justin...
Roles:
Facilitator: Justin
Notes: Justin
Time Keeper: Justin
Assessor: Justin
Attendance: Ben E., Gabe, Nathan, Justin
Outcomes
USB - Serial Adapter purchase descision
Attempt to fix...
Roles:
**Facilitator: Justin
Notes: Gabe
Attendance: Ben E., Gabe, Nathan, Justin, Blair
Outcomes
Work Day
Camera
Regulator discussion (power)
AI:
Item r
Owner
Due Date
Completed[x]
Switching...
5. Science and Engineering
5.1. Hardware
5.1.1. Science and Engineering Box
5.1.1.1. Science and Engineering Box Manual
5.1.1.1.1. Sketch of box with switches and meaning of lights
5.1.1.1.2. Radio...
Meeting Schedule:
Time: 4:30 -5:15
Day: Tuesday
Location: BEL Senior Design Lab (BEL Second Floor)
01/29/07 - First Meeting
02/06/07 - Second Meeting
02/27/07 - Third Meeting
03/06/07 - Fourth...
Our Mission
Our mission is to encourage students to plan, develop, and implement scientific experiments. We aim to aid our members in becoming better scientists and to help them become more widely...
Our Mission
Our mission is to encourage students to plan, develop, and implement scientific experiments. We aim to aid our members in becoming better scientists and to help them become more widely...
Documentation for Fall 2008
Documentation for Spring 2009
Guidelines
Proposals
Outline for Proposal
Launch Attendance
Justin Schlee, Jeff, Blair, Gabe
Strengths/Accomplishments
The splitting of the teams and roles was a great success.
There were numerous pictures on this flight; more should be...
Our Mission
Our mission is to encourage students to plan, develop, and implement scientific experiments. We aim to aid our members in becoming better scientists and to help them become more widely...
The Science Team Meetings are Wednesdays, 6:30pm, in the ECE Senior Design Lab. If we get out of class earlier, we will head there directly.
Next Class - October 17th
What to do with the...
When: Fridays at 3:30 - 4:30
Where: ECE Senior Design Suite
1/23/09 - Meeting 1
1/30/09 - Meeting 2
2/6/09 - Meeting 3
2/9/09 - ARIAL Parameterization
2/13/09 - Meeting 4
2/20/09 -...
When: Mndays at 2:00 - 3:00
Where: ECE Senior Design Suite
08/31/09 - Meeting 1
09/07/09 - Meeting 2 Cancelled
09/14/09 - Meeting 3 Cancelled
09/21/09 - Meeting 4
09/28/09 - Meeting...
Science Projects In Process
ARIAL
JPL Camera
Past Science Projects
Digital Imaging
Payload Cam
Science Experiment Ideas
Spring 2009
In order of Level of Interest:
Low Altitude Image...
Hardware Operation Responsibilities
Ensure proper alignment of the camera in the capsule
Start video recording immediately prior to launch
Process and Post video footage on VAST Wiki
Hardware Verification Responsibilities
Ensure proper alignment of the camera in the capsule
Ensure that video recording has been started immediately prior to launch
Team Manager Responsibilities
Ensure that the ATC3K Video Camera has fresh batteries prior to launch
Oversee camera operation and other team members
Team Manager Responsibilities
Ensure that the ATC3K Video Camera has fresh batteries prior to launch
Oversee camera operation and other team members
In this Meeting we discussed possible experiments and projects to be worked on by the Science team.
Chris:
High Altitude Protein Analysis
Rapid Atmospheric Data Analysis &...
Agenda
VAST Wiki
Wikidot Tutorial
Page Editing
Creating a Bio
Science Page Run-Through
Posting of Meeting Notes
People Present
JPL Camera Selection
Presentation by Tom
Select Person to Order...
Note Taker Responsibilities
Document events
Time camera recording is begun
Time capsule is launched
Time capsule lands
Time shutdown
Document launch problems
Difficulties in activating video...
Photographer Responsibilities
Video of video recording activation
Pictures of video camera as mounted in capsule before launch
Pictures of team members at work
Pictures of post-launch capsule...
Goals:
1h 50m Video Acquisition
Flight Takeoff Recorded
Landing Recorded
Results:
It is difficult to fully asses the results of this mission as the capsule has not been recovered. However, based...
Spring 2009
Purchase Request Forms
ARIAL
No purchases have been made for ARIAL this semester
JPL Probe
Desription
Price
Quantity
Total
4 Pack Lithium Ion AA Batteries
$10.42
1
$10.42
4GB...
3/6/09 - Meeting 7
Agenda
Final ARIAL Prep
Discuss plans for an auxiliary cut down
Discuss plans for power electronics for ARIAL
Discuss Final launch preparations
Camera card is not in yet
Lift...
Attendance:
Chris Birkinbine
Carl Lawrence
Randall Gunn
Andrew Tiurkin
Outline
Science Team Past
Ideas for future Science Team Projects
Log Books
Individual backgrounds and interests
Upcoming...
Attendance:
Chris Birkinbine
Carl Lawrence
Randall Gunn
Andrew Tiurkin
Outline
Demo/Tutorial of wikidot VAST site
Registered all team on site
Tour HAM Shack
Assignment
Write and post Biography...
Attendance:
Chris Birkinbine
Randall Gunn
Outline
After Action Review of Launch
Assignment
Fill out AAR Worksheet and include in Logbook
Science Team AAR Worksheet
Attendance:
*Chris Birkinbine
*Carl Lawrence
*Andrew Tiurkin
Outline
Go Over AAR's and comebine a team list of improvements
Basic Schematics
Assignment
Fill out a basic definition of electronic...
Attendance:
*Chris Birkinbine
*Carl Lawrence
*Randal Gunn
Outline
Go Over Schematics Page
Discuss Rocket Project
Assignment
Randall: Research Types of Radiation at 100k ft
Carl: Research...
Bio:
I am currently a 6th semester Computer Engineering student. I was born in Richland, WA and raised in Idaho Falls. For those of you who are interested, Idaho Falls is a large town in...
Purpose of Project:
The purpose of the project is to build a cubesat sized circuit board that performs the science experimentation and sensing.
The sensor board project will help VAST meaningful...
Bio
I am a freshman at U of I. I have lived in Moscow for the past 4 years. I am an Amateur radio operator KD7PIQ is my call sign.
Future
I plan to get a good job and live haply ever...
Idaho county...
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Provide the evidence of the strength
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Describe the improvement area
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Goal
To create a camera mount that will have the camera pointed directly downward at the bottom of the capsule during flight upward and retract at the time the balloon pops or is cut such that the...
Mapping Software
MapPoint (Win/Wine)
RoadNav (Win/Mac/Linux)
Google Earth (Win/Mac/Linux)
Dashboard (Win)
APRS Software
APRSPoint (Win)
UIView (Win)
Terminal Emulation Software
HyperTerminal...
Note: This image was not taken during a mission.
AGW PacketEngine is a software TNC platform that allows you to use a supporting suite of applications to work with various digital radio modulation...
APRSD is a server daemon that provides client access (among other things) to amateur radio APRS packet data. In human terms this means APRSD reads data directly from the serial port and acts as a...
PICAXE Code - Gathers data from the sensors, sends it to the ARM-7 via i2c
setfreq m4
HI2CSETUP I2CSLAVE, %10110000
main:
high 4
w0 = 0x0000
w1 = 0x0000
readadc10 1, w0 ‘ read value into...
Introduction
Dashboard is an application that simplifies the process of tracking our balloon and logging the packets we receive. The software uses the Microsoft MapPoint API for mapping...
The Basics
Google Earth is a very powerful, free 3d map program that works on Windows, OSX, and Linux.
It is a perfect program for RISE because almost any laptop can run it, and it's fairly simple...
Description: Converts gps data between many common formats. (Not in real time)
Homepage: http://www.gpsbabel.org/
Download:...
GPSd - The GPS Daemon
Software Homepage: http://gpsd.berlios.de/
GPSd is a service daemon that monitors one or more GPSes attached to a host computer through serial or USB ports, making all data...
Introduction
Gpsd2com is a customized open-source tool for connecting a serial port to a GPSd Server. Click here for more info.
Source Projects
com0com
Creates virtual serial ports and connects...
Instructions
Here are the instructions for installing and running com0com and the custom built gpsd2com. These instructions pertain to both Windows XP and Vista (other operating systems not...
Download: n/a
Homepage: n/a
This program comes as part of MS Windows. If installed it can be found in Start Menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> Communications -> HyperTerminal
Usage...
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Found in package: taylor-uucp
Homepage: http://www.airs.com/ian/uucp.html
Usage: cu -l /dev/ttyS0
Exit Sequence: <Enter>~.<Enter>
Where ttyS0 is com1
minicom
Found in package:...
Mapping software from Microsoft. (Not Free)
Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/products/2004/default.mspx
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer....
Introduction
Roadnav is an open source street navigation solution capable of running on a variety of operating systems. It can obtain your position from a GPS unit, plot a map of your area, and...
VAST File server
Tutorial: Here
SSH Client (Win)
Homepage: http://www.ssh.com/
Download: http://support.uidaho.edu/software/
Instructions/Example of how to use this software:...
This is a free program for windows that offers a number of features over just HyperTerminal.
TermTerm can hook to com ports as well as IP addresses.
TeraTerm also allows SSH connections, and has a...
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host),...
Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs on none Windows computers. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the...
Soldering Specifications
Soldering HowTo
Another Soldering HowTo
Yet another soldering HowTo
Description
A design specification is a quantitative description of what a product will do. Each single specification (e.g. time to assemble <75s) consists of a metric (e.g. time to assemble)...
What is VAST?
Idaho RISE (Research Involving Student Engineers and Educators) is the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium student high-altitude scientific balloon program for the state of Idaho. VAST...
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-UI VAST
Where did you grow up?
Northern Idaho.
What do you do in your spare time?
Shoot trap, hunt, fish, hike, and go camping. Pretty much anything to do with the outdoors.
What are some highlights of...
Executive Summary
Our Mission Statement and Vision
Situation-Nov 1, 2006
(Need to divide this into 3 parts - past, present, future)
The RISE teams launched their balloon payload on October 22,...
4. Structures
4.1. Main Capsule
4.1.1. Assembly Plan
Steps to assemble the communications box into capsule
1. Insert...
Launch Attendance
Brandy Holmes
Charlie Blake
Beth Madsen
David Eld
Chris Walker
Kelli Anderson
Strengths/Accomplishments
Launch Process
The launch went smoothly, and consisted mostly of packing...
The structures team is responsible for creating capsules to carry other team's products. The capsules need to be thermally secure so that all electronic equipment can fully operate during the...
Strengths
When the senior design package was left in the wilderness for a few days may expected the capsules to be ruined from the weather. We were pleasantly surprised that our capsule integrity...
The structures team is responsible for creating capsules to carry other team's products. The capsules need to be thermally secure so that all electronic equipment can fully operate during the...
When: <weekday> at <start:time> - <end:time>
Where: <Location>
MM/DD/YY - Overview/Title
Structures Meetings (Fall 07)
When: Tuesday at 12:30 - 1:20
Where: Ham Shack
Meeting Discussion Topics and Summary of Ensuing Discussion
8/29/2007
9/05/2007
9/12/2007
9/19/2007
10/03/2007
10/10/2007 - No...
Meeting Schedule:
Time: Tues. 4:00-5:00pm
Location: ASME Lounge
01/29/07 - First Meeting
04/24/07 - Launch Assessment
Current Projects
Current Projects
Project Summary
Project Description and Details
Atmospheric Probe
Design capsule that resembles a atmospheric probe in flight caharacteristics
Parachute...
2. System Overview
2.1. System View of Payload Assembly
2.2. System View of Receiving Plan
Tracking plan 1
Tracking plan 2
2.3. Frequencies Used
2.3.1 Tracking
2.3.1.1 Primary Tracking Unit...
Meetings
Organization
High School Class Schedule
Team Members (leads@uivast.com)
Dave Atkinson (Faculty Coordinator)
Brandy Holmes (Project Manager)
Justin Schlee (Project Systems...
When: Thursday at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Where: Ham Shack
01/24/08 - Week 2 Planning
01/08/09 - Happy Syllabus day
09/02/08 - Meeting 2
Systems Meetings (Fall 07)
When: Fridays at 4:30 - 5:20
Where: Ham Shack
08/24/07 - Project Planning 1
08/31/07 - Project Planning 2
09/06/07 - Administrative Meeting 1
09/07/07 - Project Planning 3
09/14/07 -...
Timeline
F09 Timeline
S09 Timeline
F08 Timeline
Flight System Design
S08 Launch 1 Planning
Updated Budget at a glance
Outline:
Four issues faced by teams
Goals
Roles and Responsibilities
Procedures
Relationships
Four stages of team development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Four issues faced...
Team Members
List the members of the team, next to each name list at least one strong skill or knowledge area the person brings to the team
Meeting Performance Criteria
List the qualities of a high...
Structures
The mission of the Structures Team is to provide a safe environment and operating platform for all engineering systems, experiments, batteries, and sensors. Specific responsibilities of...
Project Management
Austin Howard (Student Director)
Bio:
I grew up in Boise, Idaho and moved to Moscow, Idaho in 2002 to attend engineering school at the University of Idaho. On my spare weekends...
Principle Investigator
UI RISE Leadership: Dave Atkinson, April Christenson
Digital Imaging
Digital imaging research
Timing digital imaging
External imaging/video storage
Text overlay (digital...
/*Logomatic V02
9/11/07, compiled with changes to the FAT16 code to allow for really awful SD cards
/* ***********
Function declarations
*************** */
#define IAP_LOCATION 0x7FFFFFF1
//#define...
/* top-bar */
#header h1{
width: 350px;
}
#header h2{
position: absolute;
width: 400px;
left: 350px;
top: 3em;
}
#top-bar{
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
left:...
Project Status
Flight Tested on F08L01 and ongoing
Project Statement
The Spice Rack is a PC program which offers a GUI interface to Ginger. Ginger is a bidirectional cross-band data routing...
VAST Calendar
VAST
Team Meeting
High School
Leadership Meeting
Other Events
Week 1:
Jan 22-26
01/22/07-Class 1
01/28/07 - Class 2 Planning
Week 2:
Jan 29-Feb 2
01/29/07-Class 2
Team...
Bio
I was born in Boise, Idaho, and have lived in Meridian most of my life. I graduated valedictorian from Meridian Technical Charter High School in the spring of 2008. During high school, I was...
I'm from Idaho Falls. I'm going to school for computer engineering.
Interests:
Judo
Chess
Welding
Programming
Marksmanship
Email:
ude.ohadiu.sladnav|5174kriz#ude.ohadiu.sladnav|5174kriz
Leadership
Vision/Objectives
Project Roles
Organizational Structure
Project...
Directions
Got to Near Space Ventures Online Trajectory Prediction Site
Enter in the launch date, time, and a call sign (this information does not effect the prediction, the software prints this...
Picture coming!
Bio:
I am an Electrical Engineering and Business Economics student with a double major. I work here at the U of I and am currently living in the Elmwood apartments. I mainly study...
Option 1 (Austin-3/5/07)
What
VAST file server located at the University of Idaho Ham Radio Shack.
How to use it
++Uploading Files
Get/Install some: Software
Host/IP: files.uivast.com
Username/Passwords can be obtained by...
Description of User Manuals
Experienced users or engineers of a product create user manuals, or handbooks, to help less experienced users set up, operate, and troubleshoot a product. A user manual...
The Idea
UV in high enough quantities will neutralize some bacteria. Study of how high-altitude UV rays affect bacteria in water could be beneficial to, say, astronauts orbiting the Earth who could...
Ground Use Hardware
Kenwood F6A
Kenwood D700/D710
Kenwood D7
Linksys WRT54G Router
Our Antennas
.
USB2Serial Adapters
Our Inverters
Kantronics
TigerTronics...
Executive Summary
Our Mission Statement and Vision
Situation-Nov 1, 2006
(Need to divide this into 3 parts - past, present, future)
The RISE teams launched their balloon payload on October 22,...
Overview
To take full advantage of the extensive hardware modifications done to our Linksys WRT54g(s) routers we have to use and configure the appropriate software for each of our routers. To...
Introduction
Idaho RISE (Research Involving Student Engineers and Educators) is the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium student high-altitude scientific balloon program for the state of Idaho. VAST...
Bio:
I am from Idaho
Go camping,hiking and hunting what else is there to do in Idaho.
Future Interests:
I figure that graduating is enough.
Education:
Senior in EE
Contact...
Network Info:
AP: Linksys WRT-54G(S)
SSID: ui-rise
Encryption: None
Mode: WDS Connected Access Points
Rate: 54mbps
Routers: 3
IP's:
192.168.2.10-19 (RED)
192.168.2.20-29 (YELLOW)
192.168.2.30-39...
Step 1:
Welcome to VAST!
I often use google tools so it is critical for everyone in VAST to have access to google. First go to google sign up page if you do not already have a google account and...
This page is meant to be printed for a handout and/or quick reference.
You can practice your mad wiki skills at http://sandbox.wikidot.com/ which is a playground for new wiki users to do whatever...
The following is a list of pages or topics that need to be developed on the VAST wiki. Feel free to add ideas or comment. Since these are one or two word descriptions I expect questions if topics...
Intro
So your not sure what all this wiki nonsense is? Having trouble editing pages? You've come to the right place!
What is a Wiki Site?
According to Wikipedia, the world largest wiki site:
A...
Rapid Atmospheric Data Analysis & Retrieval
Project: RADAR: Rapid Atmospheric Data Analysis & Retrieval
Goal:
To study the relation of temperature to wind speeds.
Proposal:
Design and fly a...
