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2021-08-04 Avionics/Payload Meeting Notes - VOID

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2021-08-04 Avionics/Payload Meeting Notes - VOID

Aug 04, 2021

Date

Aug 4, 2021

Attendees

  • @Will Merges (RIT Student)

  • @Dante Sivo (RIT Student) 

  • @Jake Halpern (RIT Student) 

  • @Jim Heaney (RIT Student) 

  • @Joy Sangsrichan (RIT Student) (Deactivated)

Goals

Discussion items

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Notes

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Who

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  • James researched streamer - seems like bad idea

    • shaky descent - bad for cameras

    • more complicated

    • little benefit

  • Jim recomeneded ATSAMD21 instead of STM32

  • Joe may be designing a new board with an STM32L151ZCT6

    • Heard from Joy

  • Lot of interest for PCB training

    • @Jim Heaney (RIT Student) said could do trainings

    • EasyEDA vs. CircuitMaker

 

 

 

  •  RF stream ideas

    • switchable directional antennas on payload

    • omni on payload, directional on ground (movable/fancy tracking on ground)

      • payload needs to be RF transparent

    • deployable antenna?

    • movable directional antenna on payload

    • reaction control keeps antenna pointed

      • reaction wheel - check the rule

      • grid fins / canards

      • propellers

      • cold gas thrusters

Action items

@Will Merges (RIT Student) investigate Altium licenses