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GPSL 2007

Flight Computers BalloonSat PongSat

Your Father’s BalloonSat…

…Replaced With This Something not found in over 200 surveyed worlds - Aliens

Comparisons Hobo and Timer Flight Computer Fixed sample rate 8-bit resolution Hundreds of kb memory Four sensors max No programmable camera control No digital control Variable sample rate 8-bit resolution 1kb of memory Six sensors max Programmable camera control Digital control

Programmed in PBASIC

Interfacing Sensors and a Camera

Positive Start

PongSats

A PongSat Is…. Instrumented Tiny A Challenge

Pongsat Flight Computer First evidence of intelligent life off the earth -2001: A Space Odyssey

Pongsat Flight Computer

PongSat Flight Computer Features Variable sample rate 8-bit resolution Two sensor max 200 bytes of storage

Programmed in BASIC

Questions?