X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=fw%2Faltos;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Feasymotor-installation.inc;fp=doc%2Feasymotor-installation.inc;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=8a4cd77fb0eb7ce29f468a7d442190cb9c6d5977;hb=b8e21caf9602b55e9a042f8f0b3cfed1d8975c15;hpb=6ac9b490efca17b15317965026c56b4a37d6be82 diff --git a/doc/easymotor-installation.inc b/doc/easymotor-installation.inc deleted file mode 100644 index 8a4cd77f..00000000 --- a/doc/easymotor-installation.inc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -== Installation - - EasyMotor needs to be rigidly attached in the airframe, and the - long axis of the circuit board needs to be aligned with the axis - of flight. By default, the round beeper on the board should be - "up" towards the nose cone, and the screw terminal strips should - be "down" towards the fins and motor nozzle end of the rocket. - - === Power Switch and Battery - - In addition to the circuit board itself, EasyMotor needs - a power switch and battery to operate. Unlike most other - Altus Metrum products, EasyMotor does not work with - single-cell LiPo batteries. That's because commonly - available inexpensive pressure sensors need 5V, which is - more than a single-cell LiPo provides. Any battery that - provides from 6.5 to about 15 volts should work. Good - choices are the common 9V alkaline battery, or the very - small and light A23 12V alkaline batteries. - - Because he often mounts EasyMotor to the motor's forward - bulkhead instead of to the airframe itself, Bdale often - uses a length of "shooter wire" from an e-match or used - motor igniter as a power switch, routing the wire out of - the typical fin can vent hole and using "twist and tape" - to power up the board. Whatever works! - - === Pressure Sensor - - The primary motivation for designing EasyMotor was to have - a reliable way of recording motor chamber pressure during - flight. To that end, EasyMotor supports attachment of a - low-cost analog pressure sensor. The board provides 5V - to power the sensor, and an input for measuring and - logging the output voltage from the sensor. - - The kind of sensor EasyMotor is designed to work with - takes 5V in and has a linear analog output that ranges - from 0.5V at 0 to 4.5V at the maximum pressure supported - by the sensor. Very inexpensive sensors that have a - "1/8 NPT" threaded input, a "Buick-style" 3-pin connector, - and typically ship with a short cable and mating - connector, are readily available on eBay and AliExpress. - - To log in-flight chamber pressure, a typical approach - might be to drill a 1/8" sampling hole all the way - through the center of the motor's forward closure, then - drill and tap partially through the closure with a "1/8 - NPT" pipe tap. Fill the touch hole with grease, screw in - the pressure sensor, and attach the sensor leads to - EasyMotor.