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Basic Stamp Projects: Altimeter

A good description of how an altimeter works.

Larry Lynch-Freshner

(Now a partner in G-Whiz Parnters)
I figured out how to find altitude from an accelerometer here.

Programmin' By Pete Free Projects Page

I learned a lot from Pete's pages.
Accelerometer Uses

Circuit Cellar

Issue #122, September 2000 had a good article by Tom Napier on building an accelerometer for rockets.

Digital altimeter

Altimeter Project

DeHate - Altimeter

Rocket Altimeter Project (RAP)

RC Stuff and links to: Altimeter Project

Philips Semiconductors - Microcontrollers - Applications using Philips Microcontrollers - Easy Altimeter

Data

Aerodynamics for Students Table of altitudes National Semiconductor AN-* notes Application Notes: Complete List http://www.national.com/an/AN/AN-31.pdf National Semiconductor Application Note 31. February, 1978

Chips

See the hardware page.

Places To Buy

Digi-Key

Newark

Motorola Pressure Sensor, Analog Devices Accelerometer
(they DO take orders from indivduals)

Analog Devices

Other Tools

NOPPP, the "No-Parts" PIC Programmer

16Pro & PICALL programmers

I modified the NOPPP Unix software to use the 16Pro programmer. Now I'm almost completely rewriting the program to program all the PICs I use.

Timo Rossi's PIC tools (picasm)

FreeBSD

Gnuplot

Miscellaneous

Minnesota Rocketry Network

MASA - Minnesota Amateur Spacemodeler Association

NAR

Tripoli

Tripoli Minnesota

Tripoli Southern Minnesota

far-101

YAFC Home Hardware On-Board Software Post-Flight Software Flight Results References