=== Batteries
+ ifdef::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
For TeleMetrum, TeleMega and EasyMega, the battery can be charged by plugging it into the
corresponding socket of the device and then using the USB
cable to plug the flight computer into your computer's USB socket. The
on-board circuitry will charge the battery whenever it is plugged
in, because the on-off switch does NOT control the
charging circuitry.
- The Lithium Polymer TeleMini and EasyMini battery can be charged by
- disconnecting it from the board and plugging it into a
- standalone battery charger such as the LipoCharger product
- included in TeleMini Starter Kits, and connecting that via a USB
- cable to a laptop or other USB power source.
+ endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+ The Lithium Polymer
+ ifdef::telemini[TeleMini and]
+ EasyMini battery can be charged by disconnecting it
+ from the board and plugging it into a standalone
+ battery charger such as link:http://altusmetrum.org/LipoCharger[LipoCharger], and
+ connecting that via a USB cable to a laptop or other
+ USB power source.
- You can also choose to use another battery with TeleMini v2.0
- and EasyMini, anything supplying between 4 and 12 volts should
+ You can also choose to use another battery with
+ EasyMini, anything supplying between 4 and 12 volts should
work fine (like a standard 9V battery), but if you are planning
to fire pyro charges, ground testing is required to verify that
the battery supplies enough current to fire your chosen e-matches.
+ ifdef::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
[NOTE]
====
On TeleMetrum v1 boards, when the GPS chip is initially
battery is damaged or missing, both LEDs will be lit, which
appears yellow.
====
+ endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+ ifdef::radio[]
=== Ground Station Hardware
There are two ground stations available, the TeleDongle USB to
computer. If you are using an older version of Linux and are having
problems, try moving to a fresher kernel (2.6.33 or
newer).
+ endif::radio[]
=== Linux/Mac/Windows Ground Station Software
available. The latest version may always be downloaded
from http://altusmetrum.org/AltOS
+ ifdef::radio[]
=== Android Ground Station Software
TeleBT can also connect to an Android device over
without network access, you'll want to download
offline map data before wandering away from the
network.
+ endif::radio[]