Telemetry

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CS4250.01, Spring 2009
Joe Holt, Computing
Wednesday 2pm - 6pm
Dickinson Physics/Computing Lab 238

In this advanced course we'll design self-contained microcomputer-based sensors and deploy them in remote environments. The projects will be based on the Arduino/Atmega168 microcontroller and use a wide range of input, data recording and communications technologies. Because we'll be setting these up in harsh environments we'll address power, size, weight and communications constraints, as well as the need to physically proof the sensors against water, altitude, extreme temperature and other factors. We'll create three complex projects during the term, each project taking approximately four weeks. We'll completely conceptualize, design, build, deploy and monitor each project. The designs will involve complex software and sophisticated, state-of-the-art hardware. During the building phase we'll work in small teams and create several copies of each project. Building will require additional time outside of class (times to be decided). Deployment and monitoring will require some weekend time. There will also be room for artistic expression along the way.

Prerequisites: Medium to advanced programming experience. Hardware experience. Approval of the instructor after review of previous work and experience.

Class size: 12

Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 Intro 1.2 Earth Project 1.3 Water Project 1.4 Air Project 1.5 Outro 2 Research Teams 3 Project Teams 4 Earth 4.1 Team 0 4.2 Team 1 4.3 Team 2 5 Water 5.1 Team 3 5.2 Team 4 5.3 Team 5 6 Air 6.1 Tethered Team 6.2 Untethered Team 7 Code 8 Notes 8.1 Needs 8.2 Learning C 8.3 Balloons 8.4 Arduino 8.5 Other stuff 8.6 Links

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Intro

• Feb 25

[edit] Earth Project

• Week 1, Mar 4
• Week 2, Mar 11
• Week 3, Mar 18
• Week 4, Mar 25

[edit] Water Project

• Week 1, Apr 1
• Week 2, Apr 8
• Week 3, Apr 22
• Week 4, Apr 29 (1/2 class)

[edit] Air Project

• Week 1, May 6
• Week 2, May 13
• Week 3, May 20
• Week 4, May 27

[edit] Outro

• Jun 3 (1/2 class)

[edit] Research Teams

• GPS shields - Zack, Max D.
• Ballons - Alexa, Glen
• Weatherizing - Ian, Max A.
• Phones - Preston x2
• Power - Hannah, Devin Power Requirements for Arduino, various parts
• Water - Stefan, Kasia, Ang

[edit] Project Teams

[edit] Earth

[edit] Team 0

Ian, Glen, Kasia, Hannah

[edit] Team 1

Ang, Alexa, Max, Max

[edit] Team 2

Preston, Stefan, Devin, Zack

[edit] Water

[edit] Team 3

Kasia, Devin, Zack, Max D.

[edit] Team 4

Ian, Ang, Preston, Max A.

[edit] Team 5

Glen, Alexa, Stefan, Hannah

[edit] Air

http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ARHABrecords.htm

[edit] Tethered Team

[edit] Untethered Team

[edit] Code

motion counter

[edit] Notes

[edit] Needs

• Four arduinos
• Assorted wire
• Getting Started with Arduino book
• Making Things Talk book

[edit] Learning C

• Arduino Programming Tutorials

[edit] Balloons

• http://balloon.pbwiki.com/
• http://e5.video.blip.tv/1750000255335/Make-BalloonLaunch506.mov. Note that you will get an automatic fail if at any point during the deployment of a device you are caught "counting down".
• http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/03/diy_space_make_video_podc.html

[edit] Arduino

• Arduino Gift Guide

[edit] Other stuff

• Engineering Tornado Intercepts
• Background and Power Supply
• Mike Rancourt, scene shop, Mount Washington

[edit] Links

• Independent Study in Transducers - Joe and Ang's preparation for Telemetry, Spring '09.
• High Altitude Object: Flight 2