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# TelePyro
This is an 8-channel pyro expansion board for [TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum/).
+<a href="v0.1/telepyro-top.jpg"> <img src="v0.1/telepyro-top-thumb.jpg"></a>
+<a href="v0.1/telepyro-bottom.jpg"> <img src="v0.1/telepyro-bottom-thumb.jpg"></a>
+
## Motivation ##
It would be nice to support more than the 2 channels of igniter control
included in the stock [TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum/) design, so that we can
fly more complex projects involving staging, air starts, and backup ejection
-charges. We also want to experiment with better circuits for testing igniter
-continuity, with the hope of being able to measure actual resistance and not
-just continuity.
+charges.
## Features ##
## Future Plans ##
-We currently plan to build prototypes of TelePyro in Spring 2011.
+In late September 2011, v0.1 prototype boards were loaded and lightly
+tested. They were never flown. The prototypes of TelePyro were lost in the
+[Black Forest Fire](http://www.gag.com/blackforestfire.html), and have not
+been replaced.
+If we ever get back to this project, the first thing we'll want to do is toss
+out the current design and start over, using an ARM Cortex SOC and our "new
+pyro circuit" that completely prevents processor brown-out.