X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TeleMetrum%2Findex.mdwn;h=07f2c30bd0784b9e1fc23a98533ffa3e56c8942f;hb=7d5d9d2ea525c82d5e47bc60e5bb84875eec2267;hp=46f16f7e5f0ee9dd8b6259e5563ca9382e9a9ff3;hpb=fc5cfff16e7607cc60094b79dfbd17c3d09294a9;p=web%2Faltusmetrum diff --git a/TeleMetrum/index.mdwn b/TeleMetrum/index.mdwn index 46f16f7..07f2c30 100644 --- a/TeleMetrum/index.mdwn +++ b/TeleMetrum/index.mdwn @@ -1,41 +1,18 @@ +[[!meta title="TeleMetrum"]] # TeleMetrum This is a recording dual-deploy altimeter for high power model rocketry with integrated GPS and telemetry link. -These are photos of our current version, -which includes an integrated GPS receiver and patch antenna: +For the latest TeleMetrum firmware and related ground station software, please +visit the [AltOS](../AltOS) page on this site. - - +These are photos of production version 3.0: -And this is a photo of our original board with serial port for off-board GPS, -without the big off-board 1000uF cap from the original ejection circuit: + + - - -## Motivation ## - -Bdale and Keith both own -[BeeLine](http://www.bigredbee.com/BeeLine.htm) -trackers from -[Big Red Bee](http://www.bigredbee.com), and are pretty happy with them. -They use a PIC processor and a TI CC1050 transmitter chip, and -operate in the ham radio 70cm band. - -One weekend while attending a conference together, we got to wondering if -we couldn't adapt one to use as a downlink for the -[AltusMetrum](../AltusMetrum/) altimeter board in addition to direction -finding after flight. That caused us to start thinking about other things -in the design we might want to tweak, and before long we were working on the -design of a new tracker board derived from the BeeLine design. -Another friend at the same conference showed us a board he was working on -using a different part in the same TI series, that integrated a transceiver -and CPU on the same chip. -It didn't take us long to realize that with such a part we could combine and -simplify things by building a new altimeter with integrated RF link! And -after gaining some experience in 2009 with a first version, we realized we -always want GPS on board, which lead to our current second generation boards. +v3.0 was introduced in late 2019, and is now available for sale. ## Features ## @@ -44,141 +21,98 @@ always want GPS on board, which lead to our current second generation boards. * Recording altimeter for model rocketry * Supports dual deployment (can fire 2 ejection charges) * 70cm ham-band transceiver for telemetry downlink -* Barometric pressure sensor good to 45k feet MSL -* 1-axis high-g accelerometer for motor characterization +* Barometric pressure sensor good to 100k feet MSL +* 1-axis 200-g accelerometer for motor characterization * On-board, integrated GPS receiver * On-board non-volatile memory for flight data storage * USB for power, configuration, and data recovery * Integrated support for LiPo rechargeable batteries -* Uses LiPo to fire e-matches, optional support for separate pyro battery +* Uses LiPo to fire e-matches, can be made to support separate pyro battery * 2.75 x 1 inch board designed to fit inside 29mm airframe coupler tube ### Developer View ### -* Hardware Features - * [TI CC1111F32](http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc1111f32.html) Low Power RF System-on-Chip - * Sub-1Ghz transceiver - * 8051 MCU - * 32k Flash - * 4k RAM - * USB 2.0 - * 6 12-bit analog inputs (11 bits with single-ended sensors) - * 2 channels of serial I/O - * digital I/O - * [Atmel AT45DB081D](http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=3819) DataFlash memory - * 1M x 8 - * 256 byte page size - * SPI interface - * other parts in this Atmel DataFlash series can optionally be used - * [SkyTraq](http://www.skytraq.com.tw/) Venus634FLPx GPS receiver +* Hardware Features of v3.0 + * ST Micros [STM32L151](http://www.st.com/internet/mcu/product/248821.jsp) ARM Cortex M3 based Microcontroller + * TI [CC1200](http://www.ti.com/product/cc1200) Low Power, High Performance RF Transceiver + * 150mA 3.3V LDO regulator + * [Winbond W25Q64CV](http://www.winbond.com/hq/enu/ProductAndSales/ProductLines/FlashMemory/SerialFlash/W25Q64CV.htm) serial flash memory + * [u-blox](http://www.u-blox.com/) MAX-8Q GPS receiver * on-board passive patch antenna - * U.FL connector with 3.3V DC for optional external amplified antenna * async serial interface - * [Freescale MP3H6115A](http://www.freescale.com/webapp/search.partparamdetail.framework?PART_NUMBER=MP3H6115A6U) pressure sensor - * [Freescale MMA2202EG](http://www.freescale.com/webapp/search.partparamdetail.framework?PART_NUMBER=MMA2202EG) 50g accelerometer. Can use 40-200g variants! + * Measurement Specialties [MS5607](http://www.meas-spec.com/product/t_product.aspx?id=8499) Micro Altimeter Module + * Wide range — 120kPa to 1kPa (approximately -1500m to 31000m) + * High precision — 2.4Pa resolution (approximately 20cm at sea level) + * Factory calibrated. + * Analog Devices [ADXL375](https://www.analog.com/en/products/adxl375.html) 3-Axis Digital MEMS Accelerometer + * +- 200g full-scale + * on-chip digitizer * Software Features - * Written mostly in C with some 8051 assembler - * Runs from on-chip flash, uses on-chip RAM, stores flight data to - serial DataFlash chip + * Written mostly in C with some ARM assembler + * Runs from on-chip flash, uses on-chip RAM, stores flight data to serial flash * USB serial emulation for "console" interface * Tools Used - * [gEDA](http://www.gpleda.org/) for schematic capture and PCB layout - * [SDCC](http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/) compiler and source debugger + * [Lepton EDA](https://github.com/lepton-eda/lepton-eda) for schematic capture + * [pcb-rnd](http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/) for PCB layout * Licenses * The hardware is licensed under the [TAPR](http://www.tapr.org) [Open Hardware License](http://www.tapr.org/ohl.html) * The software is licensed [GPL version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html) -### v0.1 Differences ### - -* 2.5 x 1 inch board with all parts mounted on one side -* 4-pin PicoBlade serial port connector for attachment of external GPS module -* USB connector projected approximately 3mm over the edge of the board -* Debug connector used 4 IC socket pins on 100 mil centers -* no companion board interface -* [Microchip 25LC1024](http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en520389) CMOS serial EEPROM instead of DataFlash - * 128k x 8 - * SPI interface -* [Microchip MCP9700A](http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en027103) discrete temperature sensor -* used 1000uF electrolytic capacitor charged to 5V for pyro supply -* two LEDs instead of one attached to CPU - -The elimination of the discrete temperature sensor and second LED were -necessary to support the companion board interface added in v0.2. - -## [Production History](production) ## - -## [Flight Logs](flightlogs) ## - -## Problems ## - -* The CC1111F32 is a 36-pin QFN package, which necessitates reflow - soldering. Since we needed to reflow solder anyway, and because TI used - them in their reference design, we went a little crazy and used 0402 - passive parts everywhere. That means working under a microscope to - place parts! Without an inspection microscope, loading and testing these - boards might be impossible. - -* The v0.1 artwork had three issues, two of which required physical rework - on each board. All of these issues were fixed in v0.2. - - * The USB connector footprint was placed wrong, so that the - connector hung out over the edge of the board instead of being - flush. - * We needed chip select on the SPI memory. To fix that, we gave up the - ability to put the accelerometer into self-test mode and used that - GPIO line to pull chip select on the memory, which required two - cuts and two jumpers. - * The igniter sense circuits each needed a second resistor to - complete the voltage divider so our 3.3V CPU ADC could read the - 5V ejection voltage. This was fixed by changing two resistor - values, and tacking two additional resistors onto the board - with jumpers to ground. +Compared with v2 series, v3 includes a better GPS (uBlox v8 vs v7), +the TI CC1200 radio used in our other products instead of the CC1120 +used only in TeleMetrum v2 (more or less the same performance, but one less +device driver for us to have to worry about!), and more accelerometer +range with approximately the same precision. + +## Videos ## + +There are a number of TeleMetrum customer and other +[videos on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=telemetrum) ## Artifacts ## -The hardware design current gEDA files are available from +There is a single manual for TeleMetrum and all other Altus Metrum products, +which is available in [html](../AltOS/doc/altusmetrum.html) and +[pdf](../AltOS/doc/altusmetrum.pdf) formats. + +An outline of the board with drill hole locations is available in +[pdf](../AltOS/doc/telemetrum-outline.pdf) format. + +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/telemetrum](http://git.gag.com/?p=hw/telemetrum;a=summary). Work on the next version proceeds on the master branch, with occasional temporary branches created when Bdale is making some major / speculative -change. The 'v0.2' and 'v0.1' branches document what we're actually flying -right now on the two respective PCB revisions. The 'ground' branch has a -cut-down schematic used to generate the BOM for partially loading v0.1 boards -to used on the ground. We call the on-the-ground version 'TeleDongle'. +change. Branched with names like 'v3.0' document what we're actually flying +on the respective PCB revisions. For those who don't have ready access to the gEDA suite, here are pdf snapshots -of files in more easily readable form. - -* These are from the v0.2 branch: - * [schematic](v0.2/telemetrum.pdf) - * [pcb artwork](v0.2/telemetrum.pcb.pdf) - * [bill of materials](v0.2/partslist.csv) -* These are as of the working-v0.1 tag: - * [schematic](v0.1/telemetrum.pdf) - * [pcb artwork](v0.1/telemetrum.pcb.pdf) - * [bill of materials](v0.1/telemetrum.bom) - -Our [AltOS](../AltOS) firmware works well enough that we now routinely fly -TeleMetrum with no backup. Rockets with v0.1 boards have exceeded 50g -acceleration, been above Mach 1, and reached altitudes greater -than 12k feet AGL with great results. Keith's ground station program -called ao-view logs telemetry to disk, displays current and max values for -key parameters during flight, and even includes voice synthesis -during the flight so that our eyes can stay on the rockets! We have post -flight analysis software that makes it easy to extract data from the board, -analyze it, and even generate KML files for viewing flights in GoogleEarth! -More details on the software, including full source code and pre-built packages -can be found on the [AltOS](../AltOS) page on this site. - -## Future Plans ## - -As of early February 2010, three prototypes of v0.2 are done and working on -the bench. We hope to flight test them shortly, then arrange a production -run in time to make TeleMetrum available in assembled and tested form to -others in the rocketry hobby who have expressed interest in time for the -2010 flying season. - -Because we understand that not everyone uses Linux, we've started discussing -the best way to make a cross-platform ground station program for use with -[AltOS](../AltOS), perhaps in Java... +of the files for Production PCB version 3.0 in more easily readable form. + +* [schematic](v3.0/telemetrum-sch.pdf) +* [pcb artwork](v3.0/telemetrum-pcb.pdf) +* [bill of materials](v3.0/partslist.csv) + +Rockets we know of flying with TeleMetrum boards have exceeded 50g acceleration, +been well above Mach 1, and reached altitudes +greater than 25k feet AGL with great results. Keith's second generation +ground station program called AltosUI works on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems +and logs telemetry to disk, displays current and max values for key parameters +during flight, includes voice synthesis during the flight so that +our eyes can stay on the rockets, and even includes live display of rocket +position over moving maps! After flight, altosui can extract the +complete flight log from TeleMetrum, can display plots of the data from either +the telemetry received by radio or the onboard flight log, can output a kml +file for use with [Google Earth](http://earth.google.com), and can also +output all the flight data as a csv file for easy import to spreadsheet +programs or other analysis tools allowing you to perform whatever +custom analysis you can envision! More details on the software, +including full source code and pre-built packages +can be found on the [AltOS](../AltOS) page on this site. Feel free to +download the software and try it before purchasing our hardware! + +## [History of TeleMetrum](history) ## +