X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=EasyMotor%2Findex.mdwn;h=a6a2eaa62e08730ae4657bce8ceb5f9d34e665e9;hb=5cfce0ab720507ac3ba13aaf58f85e28a81c2a26;hp=7cbc49eef2280ac0514616c50c7f6c5848be5821;hpb=b0a0cf1824533340080ac3365d6102c8efe0fdef;p=web%2Faltusmetrum diff --git a/EasyMotor/index.mdwn b/EasyMotor/index.mdwn index 7cbc49e..a6a2eaa 100644 --- a/EasyMotor/index.mdwn +++ b/EasyMotor/index.mdwn @@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ This board is designed for in-flight characterization of research rocket motors. It records chamber pressure and acceleration to an on-board flash memory chip, the contents of which can be downloaded after flight over USB. -EasyMotor firmware is under development within the [AltOS](../AltOS) suite. - -Prototypes of v1 were built and evaluated, prototypes of v2 are built, -with development of firmware and evaluation underay. This design is not -yet for sale, but we hope to have it on the market by the end of 2020. - ## Features ## ### User View ### @@ -23,11 +17,31 @@ yet for sale, but we hope to have it on the market by the end of 2020. * Designed for use with a battery from 9-12V * 1.5 x 0.8 inch board +## Example Installations ## + +These photos are from snap-ring case forward closures machined by Bdale for +test flights of EasyMotor. The sensor bodies are 316 stainless with a 1/8 NPT +male boss, so the approach chosen is to drill a 1/8 inch touch hole all the +way through the closure, then drill and tap 1/8 NPT female threads part way +through the closure thickness. The hole gets filled with grease and the +sensor screwed in. + + + + + ## Artifacts ## +The firmware for this product is part of the [AltOS](../AltOS) suite. + This board was designed using lepton-eda and pcb-rnd. The hardware design files are available from [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) in the project [hw/easymotor](http://git.gag.com/?p=hw/easymotor;a=summary). +## Availability ## + +Prototypes of v2 were built and successfully flown. An initial production +batch is now underway, and we hope these will be for sale around the end of +calendar year 2020.