Astronomy, Near Space, and Robotics

Here's an image!! The University of Nevada, Reno did a near space launch this week. Onboard their near spacecraft was a camera with a ...

The PCBs I've designed for the Smart Proximity Detector are int eh mail. I expect them this week. The detector uses a PICAXE-08M to op...

I had a request for the NearSpace UltraLight flight computer. I've started soldering parts together for the board, but haven't comp...

I've developed a 38 kHz IR beacon for the CheapBot-08. It uses a 556 timer IC to create and combine two square waves. Half the 556 gen...

I think I'd like to start a line of BalloonSat kits. This would be for the airframe and not just the flight computer. A kit would cons...

Since the PICAXE-08M has such little capability for a robot, I'm incorporating a second into a robot to handle the radio communications....

Find Me Spot is a GPS tracking system that communicates position reports through a satellite. If you attended GPSL 2008, you'll be famil...