Quantity | Component name | |
2 | × | RFD900 Modem A superb modem designed in Brisbanne by RFDesign. It delivers a lot of power and has a very sensitive receiver. |
1 | × | Trimble Copernicus GPS This GPS, when configured in AIR mode can allow us to gather GPS co-ordinates to an altitude of 50km |
1 | × | LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera This camera takes 640-480 stills which can be tranferred via TTL Interface. |
1 | × | Spot Messenger This provides some tracking backup services and assists in locating of payload after it has landed. |
1 | × | 2mm Copper used to create the Helix Antenna for the ground station and the Cloverleaf Antenna for the payload. |
1 | × | Beaglebone Black This is used in the groundstation to communicate with the payload via the RFD900 Modem. |
1 | × | Tenda W311M Attached to the Ground Station Beaglebone Black, it creates an AP for our phone. |
1 | × | HackHD Camera Takes video of the flight |
3 | × | 37 gram 2000mAH LiPO Batteries Two of these in series powers the HAB main electronics for 5 hours. The other one is for the HackHD |
1 | × | Arduino USBDroid This it the "brains" on the High Altitude Balloon payload. |
1 | × | 12volt, 5amp Relay Used to initiate cut-down system |
1 | × | 3cm Diameter PVC Pipe Used to construct the Spot Messenger Gimbal |
1 | × | Exernal GPS Antenna Allows us to move GPS Antenna system far from components that cause interference. |
2 | × | 5 volt, 3amp UBEC Used to power the RFD900 modems |