From 245fe0baa4f576c56253c43ef9226d0ef9360ec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:48:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] document EasyMotor project --- EasyMotor/index.mdwn | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ index.mdwn | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 EasyMotor/index.mdwn diff --git a/EasyMotor/index.mdwn b/EasyMotor/index.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f50a33b --- /dev/null +++ b/EasyMotor/index.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +[[!meta title="EasyMotor"]] +# EasyMotor + +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. +It can also be attached to a [TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum) or +[TeleMega](../TeleMega) using the companion interface to allow a subset of +the data to be included in radio telemetry during the flight. + +There is no EasyMotor firmware yet, but it will be part of the +[AltOS](../AltOS) suite eventually. + +Prototypes of v1 are underway. This design is not yet for sale. + +## Features ## + +### User View ### + +* Data logger storing motor chamber pressure and acceleration +* 1-axis 200-g accelerometer +* On-board non-volatile memory for flight data storage +* USB for configuration, and data recovery +* Designed for use with a battery from 9-12V +* 1.65 x 1 inch board + +## Artifacts ## + +The hardware design current gEDA 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). + diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index 5ea36a9..cd1f74b 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ the set of hardware projects here. * [AltosDroid](AltosDroid/) is the name of our Android app based on AltOS. +* [EasyMotor](EasyMotor/) +is an in-flight data logger for research motor characterization. + * [OpenAlt](OpenAlt/) was Bdale's original project here, a dual-deploy rocketry altimeter. One prototype was built, but never flown. -- 2.30.2