[Ground-station] Please vote - Ambasat sensor

[Michelle Thompson]

Updates on the guidelines that were given to the custom sensor people
should be coming very soon (I wrote Ambasat and asked).

There is a fresh release of their sensor repo as well
https://github.com/ambasat/AmbaSat-1/tree/master/Release

I collected all the earlier feedback from this thread and put it in a
paper. Draft RSN!

There are some very good ideas in there that deserve development.

That is, design statement, schematic, layout, BOM, review, prototype. We'll
have an Ambasat for live tests.

Never spurn the small unnecessarily!

We've been spending a ton of time and energy on the four-payload GEO
proposal, but things like this shouldn't get short shrift.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 8:26 AM Michelle Thompson <
mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:

> I bought into the Kickstarter for Ambasat.
> https://ambasat.com/
>
> I’d like you all to help choose the sensor!
>
> Choices here:
> https://ambasat.com/ambasat-2/sensor-options/
>
> Disclaimer:
> This has nothing to do with our project. I acknowledge that Ambasat is
> controversial. No project funds are involved.
>
> Why post this here?
>
> Details:
> I asked Ambasat about a custom amateur radio payload, so we could test
> something for us. The kickstarter had that option. The lead of Ambasat said
> yes, amateur payload ok, several people I asked at Virginia Tech said go
> for it, and a small group looked at the specs and tried to design something
> useful for us. But, the very compact size and power budget was quite
> daunting. And the time frame was very short. We don’t have enough
> miniaturization or time. Instead of a custom board, we have a standard
> flight and a ground version.
>
> Instead of quietly sending this up, I wanted to share it with the team as
> something fun. I just received the survey for the sensors, so we easily
> have a week at least to vote. It includes some sensors already. The free
> choice is an additional sensor slot.
>
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
>
> --
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
> "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis."
>
>
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