High altitude Linux take 2

posted Oct 29th 2005 11:00am by Eliot Phillips
filed under: cellphones hacks, gps hacks

high altitude

[jcoxon] was inspired by the original Linux weather balloon project. His Pegasus 1 reached an altitude of 66,585ft and took over 600 pictures. The flight logging system is based on the Gumstix waysmall computer system. It captures data from the GPS receiver and controls two cameras. There are photos from both a downward facing camera and a side facing camera. Periodically the last three GPS entries are sent to Jame’s cellphone via SMS; this made recovering the payload a lot easier. There is already a second baloon planned.

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Posted at 11:03 am on Oct 29th, 2005 by Joel

damnit i was to late…lol..=]. Very Nice Pictures. Loving It. I wonder What they Used to Linux The Nokia. i used to have that Model.

Posted at 11:33 am on Oct 29th, 2005 by ian

damnit i was to late…lol..=]. Very Nice Pictures. Loving It. I wonder What they Used to Linux The Nokia. i used to have that Model.

Posted at 11:34 am on Oct 29th, 2005 by ian

i fucking hate “first post” asswipes.

and then the guy that loses has to go and dupe.

aaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted at 1:45 pm on Oct 29th, 2005 by ggggggggrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaa

yea really ggrraa. i mean, if i commented every single time i could have been first post, i would have done it 50 times by now. its really no reason to celebrate.

Posted at 5:24 pm on Oct 29th, 2005 by phuct

Nifty.

Posted at 6:03 pm on Oct 29th, 2005 by eski

First post with nothing to say is just first idiot if you ask me.
woot it on up when you have a thought to add.

This is one incredible project.
It makes me want to build one too now. the photos were just awesome.

Posted at 8:58 am on Oct 30th, 2005 by strider_mt2k

kewl. awesome idea

Posted at 5:25 pm on Oct 31st, 2005 by Tricky

wow, that’s an awesome project! the baloon sure went up high based on the photos. it seems kinda risky tho because what if the ballon popped and landed in a lake or the ocean? the gumstix, gps, phone, and all that would be ruined, but at least they can find it with the GPS. Great Idea!!!

[{William}]

Posted at 7:22 pm on Nov 1st, 2005 by william

Loss of the payload is always a risk. From what I have read recovery rate is better than one would imagine, but you may have to drive across half of CO and most of NE to bring it back. I suspect that’s part of the challenge and fun. Maybe less so with modern fuel prices. :(

Posted at 2:50 pm on Nov 5th, 2005 by Static

nice.

Posted at 8:50 am on Nov 11th, 2005 by toronto student