X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=MicroPeakUSB%2Findex.mdwn;h=959e4d770b77b7ac499bdb35d31085981615027b;hb=c9a0820e43f13bce8fa664052f20b771ec1efc80;hp=e5c4c78b2df2bb3ac1c3abf89220df8292387aab;hpb=662c6d11070360d1698962e30f076ded035f29fd;p=web%2Faltusmetrum diff --git a/MicroPeakUSB/index.mdwn b/MicroPeakUSB/index.mdwn index e5c4c78..959e4d7 100644 --- a/MicroPeakUSB/index.mdwn +++ b/MicroPeakUSB/index.mdwn @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The MicroPeak USB Interface board provides a way to capture [MicroPeak](../MicroPeak/) flight logs over a USB connection to a computer running Linux, Mac OS or Windows. - + ## MicroPeak Data ## @@ -22,19 +22,21 @@ USB Interface. ## MicroPeak Interface ## [MicroPeak](../MicroPeak/) transmits the entire flight log via the LED just after -reporting the last flight altitude at power up. The data are -transmitted in regular serial format at 9600 baud. +reporting the last flight altitude at power up. The data burst is +transmitted in a simple serial format at 9600 baud. The MicroPeak USB Interface board contains a phototransistor, op-amp and serial-to-USB interface chip. It also includes a blue LED which blinks in time with the [MicroPeak](../MicroPeak/) orange LED. This makes aligning the two boards by hand quite easy. + + ## MicroPeak Application ## -The MicroPeak application is written in Java application and runs on -Windows, Mac OS X and Windows. Captures and saves data, provides -plots and statistics. More information is available on the main +The MicroPeak application written in Java runs on +Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It captures and saves the flight data, then +produces plots and statistics. More information is available on the main [MicroPeak](../MicroPeak/) page.