X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Fblog%2Fposts%2FTeleMetrum_v0.2_All_Here.mdwn;fp=bdale%2Fblog%2Fposts%2FTeleMetrum_v0.2_All_Here.mdwn;h=7c9612c46ab3ef5a927a16a10e53ed5df0a8c018;hb=b0983420373ee74d8dbcf7dbffb689d369a133e2;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=5f8327ce8b62e2a79f62af17ea13f20105b2fc8f;p=web%2Fgag.com diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_All_Here.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_All_Here.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c9612c --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_All_Here.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!tag tags/rockets]] +Today, the panels of bare circuit boards, the paste stencil, and the last +parts I need (the Venus GPS modules) to hand assemble first-article prototypes +of [TeleMetrum](http://www.altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum/) v0.2 all arrived! + +The parts for the first three prototypes are staged and ready to load, +so my next step is to go use my CNC mill to rip up one of the panels into +individual boards, then make up a fixture for the stencil. Meanwhile, the +solder paste is out of the shop fridge warming up... + +For my friends in Colorado, this means I will not try to attend the +[NCR](http://ncrocketry.org/) annual meeting this weekend. It's about a +6 hour round-trip drive from my house to Ault, and getting boards loaded and +tested before I leave for New Zealand where Keith and I are scheduled +to give a +[talk at LCA ](http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/schedule/view_talk/50182) +about our work takes priority! +