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GPSL 2007
Flight Computers
BalloonSat
PongSat
Your Father’s BalloonSat…
…Replaced With This
Something not found in over 200 surveyed worlds - Aliens
ComparisonsHobo and Timer Flight Computer
• Fixed sample rate• 8-bit resolution• Hundreds of kb memory• Four sensors max• No programmable
camera control• No digital control
• Variable sample rate• 8-bit resolution• 1kb of memory• Six sensors max• Programmable camera
control• Digital control
Programmed in PBASIC
Interfacing Sensors and a Camera
Positive Start
PongSats
A PongSat Is….
Instrumented
Tiny
A Challenge
Pongsat Flight Computer
First evidence of intelligent life off the earth
-2001: A Space Odyssey
Pongsat Flight Computer
PongSat Flight Computer Features
• Variable sample rate
• 8-bit resolution
• Two sensor max
• 200 bytes of storage
Programmed in BASIC
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