Dr. Ramsey’s
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Dr. Ramsey’sSummer Research
Project
Summer 2013
With: Ian Egland and Brian Zohorsky
Engineer payload and receiving system
Project “Dream”
http://dream.ianegland.name/blog/ http://dream.ianegland.name/wiki/
Contribute collected meteorological data
Goals
Weather BalloonsLimitations• Weight• Power• Temperatu
re• Safety• Legal
Payload
Microcontrollers• Arduino Uno• Arduino Due• Raspberry Pi
PayloadSensors• GPS• Barometer• Hygrometer• Thermometer• HD Camera
Receiving System
Amateur Radio• Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)• Polarization
• Quadrifiliar Helix Antenna• Amateur Television
• Fast Scan TV• Slow Scan TV
Receiving System
Publishing• On Web
• Virtual Private Server (VPS)• On Mobile
• Android• NOAA’s National Climactic Data
Center
Expectations• Retrieve position,
temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity from a helium-filled weather balloon at altitudes exceeding 100,000 feet, in as close to real time as possible.
• Record HD video of the journey.
• Make collected data available to the meteorological community.
Future Work• Lower cost• Extended Flight Time• Alternate Power Sources
• Solar Cells• More Electronics Projects
• CubeSat• Lab Monitoring• Home Automation
Thanks for your time.
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