ASCEND! High Altitude Balloon Payload Project

By Jeff Wheeler, Charles Franz, Kevin Kirkpatrick, and John Tolby

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Project Infomation
- Sponsor
- Description
- Requirements and Specifications
- Flight Path
- Schedule
- Team Members
- Faculty Advisor

Payload Design
- Block Diagram
- Packaging
- Video Capture System
- Video Communications
- Sensors
- Data Acquisition Processor
- GPS Logger
- GPS Communications

Ground Station Design
- Video Receiver
- GPS Reciever
- Location Tracking

Video System

Specifications And Features:
- Digital Camcorder/Camera 1.3MP
 - Dimensions: 97x62x15mm
- 1300mAh Li-Ion battery
- 512mb internal flash memory
- SD/MMC card slot expands the unit to 2 GB
- MPEG-4 in ASF format
- Converts ASF format to play 320x240 @ 30 f/s
- AV IN
- AV out (NTSC/PAL)
- 4 X Zoom Power


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



If you have any questions or comments about this webpage
please contact Jeff Wheeler at jlw268@dana.ucc.nau.edu
Last Updated March 25, 2007