Tag Archives: board
Vayu v1.01 PCBs
I just wanted to do a quick post to show the VAYU v1.01 PCBs that just arrived fresh from Hackvana. They are absolutely top quality. I’m amazed that the text came out despite being out of tolerance. I decided that … Continue reading
Vayu-NTX
When field testing my re-design of CHEAPO into VAYU I noticed that the transmit frequency is easily affected by ambient temperature. Although this tends not to be too much of a problem once the payload is several kilometers up and … Continue reading
Launch Announcement
I’ve been invited to launch a balloon at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre in Oxford on 20th October. It will be as part of their JOTA/JOTI event. JOTA (Jamboree on-the-air) is a yearly scout event based around radio communication. It appears … Continue reading
Testing-Testing
I’ve been doing some further tests on my payload VAYU whilst I wait for the new PCBs to be fabricated. This is the prototype built from Chris Stubb’s CHEAPO PCB with an added boost regulator. I wanted to see how … Continue reading
CHEAPO Re-Design
Recovering Chris’s balloon and payload was great fun and as a thank you for doing so, he gave me an unpopulated circuit board of his HAB Tracker he called CHEAPO. I slightly modified this board under Chris’s direction to use … Continue reading