<surname>Towns</surname>
</author>
<copyright>
- <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2012</year>
<holder>Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
</para>
</legalnotice>
<revhistory>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>1.1.1</revnumber>
+ <date>16 September 2012</date>
+ <revremark>
+ Updated for software version 1.1.1 Version 1.1.1 fixes a few
+ bugs found in version 1.1.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>1.1</revnumber>
+ <date>13 September 2012</date>
+ <revremark>
+ Updated for software version 1.1. Version 1.1 has new
+ features but is otherwise compatible with version 1.0.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
<date>24 August 2011</date>
apogee and main ejection charges. All Altus Metrum products are
designed for use with single-cell batteries with 3.7 volts nominal.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The battery connectors are a standard 2-pin JST connector and
+ match batteries sold by Spark Fun. Other vendors sell similar
+ batteries for RC aircraft using mating connectors, however the
+ polarity for those is generally reversed from the batteries used
+ by Altus Metrum products. In particular, the Tenergy batteries
+ supplied for use in Featherweight flight computers are not
+ compatible with Altus Metrum flight computers or battery
+ chargers. <emphasis>Check polarity before connecting any battery
+ not purchased from Altus Metrum or Spark Fun.</emphasis>
+ </para>
<para>
By default, we use the unregulated output of the Li-Po battery directly
to fire ejection charges. This works marvelously with standard
be below 10m/s when under the main parachute in a dual-deploy flight.
</para>
<para>
- For TeleMetrum altimeters, you can locate the rocket in the sky
- using the elevation and
- bearing information to figure out where to look. Elevation is
- in degrees above the horizon. Bearing is reported in degrees
- relative to true north. Range can help figure out how big the
- rocket will appear. Note that all of these values are relative
- to the pad location. If the elevation is near 90°, the rocket
- is over the pad, not over you.
+ For TeleMetrum altimeters, you can locate the rocket in the
+ sky using the elevation and bearing information to figure
+ out where to look. Elevation is in degrees above the
+ horizon. Bearing is reported in degrees relative to true
+ north. Range can help figure out how big the rocket will
+ appear. Ground Distance shows how far it is to a point
+ directly under the rocket and can help figure out where the
+ rocket is likely to land. Note that all of these values are
+ relative to the pad location. If the elevation is near 90°,
+ the rocket is over the pad, not over you.
</para>
<para>
Finally, the igniter voltages are reported in this tab as
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- RF interface for battery charging, configuration, and data recovery.
+ RF interface for configuration, and data recovery.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<appendix
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<title>Release Notes</title>
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<xi:include href="release-notes-1.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/>
<xi:include href="release-notes-1.0.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/>
<xi:include href="release-notes-0.9.2.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/>