Project Purpose
Mission – Why the project is important
- There are many students who wish to learn more about building things in the world and they need many varieties and examples of the actual engineering workflow and processes.
Vision – What we want the project to accomplish
- To provide complete easy to understand and complete information for students to design, acquire and assemble components and software to build a working compact video/parametric recording device.
Goals – What the project will produce
- A series of videos that document parts acquisition, prototyping, assembly, shakedown and testing of a working device that contains video and measurement recording components.
- On line ready CAD plans for a device enclosure.
- Suggestions for online CAD build services.
- Description and demonstration of Arduino controllers for device components.
- Build of a flight ready balloon device.
Device Structure
- 1 to 3 minicube volume
- Battery powered
- Insulated / Battery Warmed
Data Acquisition
- Micro Flash Card Data Recording
- GPS Measurements
- Temperature Measurements
- Inertial Measurements
- Still camera shots at altitude intervals
- Altitude measurements
- Cosmic Ray Incidence
Tasks Do
- Joe: Produce portable CAD file with design of Mini Cube Enclosure
- Joe: Port CAD file to TinkerCad
- Michael: Determine if Google has adequate collaboration tools and if there’s a non-profit discount.
- All: Determine public name of this balloon device project, branding, contact information, you tube channel location
- All: Determine functions, measurements and data recording in the device
Tasks Done
- Ed: Create SacL5 Tracking page
- Ed: Acquire basic Arduino Project Kit
- Ed: Acquire Arduino design software
- Ed: Write a working Arduino control program
- Ed: Build some working mechanism w Arduino
- Ed: Create Video demonstrating an Arduino build for a physical measurement, See Measuring Temperature
- Ed: Develop Design for Camera Function Build
- Ed: Build working Arduino Image capture device and demonstrate in a video see: Arduino Nano, ArduCAM, SD Card creates JPEG file.
Arduino Stop-Motion Camera
This video describes a build of an Arduino Camera Device that takes stop motion videos. This is part of the Sacramento Balloon Device Project to
Arduino ArduCAM SD Card Image Capture
Using an Arduino Nano controller, here’s how to connect an Arduino compatible ArduCam, and an SD Card to capture an correctly formatted jpeg image that
Arduino Button Triggered Camera
This post contains a video explaining the connections of an Arduino Nano to the Arduino Code Editor. This Arduino Nano is already loaded with the
Arduino Nano with Arducam
The image above is the wiring diagram for an Arducam wired to an Arduino Nano board. Diagram created using Affinity Designer 2 Vector Illustration Editor
Arduino Elegoo Mega R3 Kit – Measuring Temperature
This video demonstrates an Arduino build to measure temperature. The build uses parts, the Arduino IDE code editor, and software from the $64 Arduino Elegoo
Arduino Builds
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for anyone making interactive projects. This page tracks the acquisition, tutorials