Tag Archives: Circuit

Vayu v1.01 PCBs

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Steve Smith

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 →

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Vayu-NTX

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Steve Smith

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 →

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CHEAPO Re-Design

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Steve Smith

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 →

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