[McHUG] PICetSat Lite Construction

[Pat Kilroy]

> Can you send me a copy of the schematic please? 
> I am interested in building one of them


Sure! The PICetSat Lite construction article was 
hidden in a related post last week, found under 
the PICetSat Lite maiden flight story link that 
was given as http://simsat.net/carrollsat/

You may go there and click the link for Rich's 
Technology Experimenters Committee (TEC) 
page to find the link to the PICetSat Lite 
page. 

Or, if you want to bypass all that fun, go 
directly there by way of this link: 
http://home.att.net/~geobra/PICetSatLite.html

YOU CAN REPLACE the light sensor or the 
temperature sensor with ANOTHER SENSOR 
of your desire. There are few requirements 
for a sensor other than to be lightweight 
and to operate on flea power. It MUST 
have a slowly varying output that lies 
between zero volts and five volts DC. 

So far, here is our growing list of sensors: 

1. Photodetector (a "one-pixel" camera)
2. Thermistor (for temperature, IAT or OAT)
3. Barometric Pressure (for altitude)
4. Voltage divider (flight battery health)
5. 
6. 
7. 

For the PICetSat Lite, pick any two and 
fly it! 

PLEASE SUGGEST another sensor. I may 
have left one or two off the list. We want 
to add more. 

I made a version that ought to last over 
two hours in flight but it is much heavier. 
I replaced the watch batteries with a 9V 
battery and a small 5V 100mA regulator. 

Please keep us posted of your attempts. 

Hope this helps!

73 de Pat N8PK

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Pat,
? Can you send me a copy of the schematic please.? I am interested in building one of them
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Thanks
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Jim AAT3OK at YAHOO.COM

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