The flight controller of Flying Squirrel #1 is the brains of the flight. The controller will measure the environment around the balloon, format the data into a Telemetry message and transmit the telemetry signal back to the ground using the chosen protocol (FSQ) for the flight. The flight controller will also manage the power to […]
Now that I have a list of protocols and a general plan to transmit telemetry on the 20 meter Ham bands, how do I get “on the air”? This post will describe the transmitter hardware for the telemetry system. Generating Radio Frequency – There is a board for that. After a lot of searching an […]
What’s the frequency Kenneth? The big unknown for me, at least at the start, is how am I going to know where the balloon has traveled. I need to be able to send radio telemetry from the balloon back to the ground somehow. My stated project goal that the balloon be capable of global circumnavigations, […]
