= MicroPeak Owner's Manual
+Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>; Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+:revnumber: v1.8.7
+:revdate: 8 Oct 2018
+:copyright: Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard 2018
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[dedication]
== Acknowledgements
positive (+) terminal facing away from the circuit board.
.MicroPeak and Battery
- image::micropeak-back.jpg[width="4.5in"]
+ image::micropeak-back.jpg[width=430]
Install MicroPeak in your rocket::
== The MicroPeak USB adapter
.MicroPeak USB Adapter
- image::MicroPeakUSB-2.0.jpg[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::MicroPeakUSB-2.0.jpg[width=430,align="center"]
MicroPeak stores barometric pressure information for the first
48 seconds of the flight in on-board non-volatile memory. The
* Start the MicroPeak application.
- image::micropeak-nofont.svg[width="0.5in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-nofont.svg[width=50,align="center"]
* Click on the Download button at the top of the
window.
.MicroPeak Application
- image::micropeak-app.png[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-app.png[width=430,align="center"]
* Select from the listed devices. There will probably
be only one.
.MicroPeak Device Dialog
- image::micropeak-device-dialog.png[width="2.3in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-device-dialog.png[width=220,align="center"]
* The application will now wait until it receives
valid data from the MicroPeak USB adapter.
.MicroPeak Download Dialog
- image::micropeak-download.png[width="2in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-download.png[width=200,align="center"]
* The MicroPeak USB adapter has a small
phototransistor under the hole in the center of the
MicroPeak board itself.
.MicroPeak Downloading
- image::MicroPeakUSB-2.0-inuse.jpg[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::MicroPeakUSB-2.0-inuse.jpg[width=430,align="center"]
* After the maximum flight height is reported,
MicroPeak will pause for a few seconds, blink the
MicroPeak board and try again.
.MicroPeak Save Dialog
- image::micropeak-save-dialog.png[width="2.3in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-save-dialog.png[width=220,align="center"]
* Once the data are saved, a graph will be displayed
with height, speed and acceleration values computed
==== MicroPeak Graphs
.MicroPeak Graph
- image::micropeak-graph.png[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-graph.png[width=430,align="center"]
Under the Graph tab, the height, speed and acceleration values
are displayed together. You can zoom in on the graph by
==== MicroPeak Flight Statistics
.MicroPeak Flight Statistics
- image::micropeak-statistics.png[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-statistics.png[width=430,align="center"]
The Statistics tab presents overall data from
the flight. Note that the Maximum height value
==== Raw Flight Data
.MicroPeak Raw Flight Data
- image::micropeak-raw-data.png[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-raw-data.png[width=430,align="center"]
A table consisting of the both the raw barometric pressure
data and values computed from that for each recorded time.
==== Configuring the Graph
.MicroPeak Graph Configuration
- image::micropeak-graph-configure.png[width="4.5in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-graph-configure.png[width=430,align="center"]
This selects which graph elements to show, and lets you
switch between metric and imperial units
=== Setting MicroPeak Preferences
.MicroPeak Preferences
- image::micropeak-preferences.png[width="1.8in",align="center"]
+ image::micropeak-preferences.png[width=170,align="center"]
The MicroPeak application has a few user settings which are
configured through the Preferences dialog, which can be