Re: [psas-avionics] Avionics testing tonight!

2015-07-17 Thread Kenny
up with expectations based on the satellite constellation at sample time. Not to sound too optimistic, but this might just work. Let's go launch this thing! -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 21:40 -0700, Andrew

Re: [psas-avionics] Venus GPS chips in; Friday build day!

2015-06-20 Thread Kenny
these boards with his setup. * I programmed the CPLD on board #2 without error. Testing will be easier with working code on the STM32. * I tried holding Boot Select high and resetting the Venus 838, but didn't get the amber light of life on either board. -- Kenny

[psas-avionics] Tuesday dust settling

2015-06-17 Thread Kenny
understand how to use them. -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ psas-avionics mailing list psas-avionics@lists.psas.pdx.edu http

[psas-avionics] Friday highlights

2015-06-14 Thread Kenny
* Gavin showed off the sleek new tm3k refactor, now known as tm4k. * Andrew mounted jGPSv3 to the flight stack for more real-world testing. * Kenny replaced the LTC Alpha WiFi with a red card like we use everywhere else. (And blew up a spare with reverse voltage. Ooops.) * Devin and Glenn tested

[psas-avionics] First GPS lock acquired from jGPSv3 data

2015-06-10 Thread Kenny
a matter of fitting them together. The next big question is: can we still get GPS baseband and COTS lock from the radial patch antenna when WiFi amps are on? 1. http://gnss-sdr.org/source-code -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ smime.p7s

Re: [psas-avionics] Tuesday latenight updates (mostly GPS news)

2015-06-05 Thread Kenny
be there and would be happy to talk about the bits I understand and/or hack on GPS stuff more then. If Friday and Monday don't work for your schedule, suggest another time and I'll try to make it. -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ On Thu, 2015-06-04 at 10

Re: [psas-avionics] Tuesday latenight updates (mostly GPS news)

2015-06-04 Thread Kenny
noise was enough to correlate the pseudo-noise sequence from other satellite vehicles. This was done in the basement, so I know it wasn't accidentally picking up any real satellites. -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ smime.p7s

Re: [psas-avionics] Tuesday latenight updates (mostly GPS news)

2015-06-03 Thread Kenny
and -400kHz) would be enough to account for this. Maybe some of the aliasing artifacts could be compressed? I don't have a good place to post this file at the moment. Recommendations? I'll have it with me on a thumbdrive for the capstones Thursday, Friday hackday and Sunday lab hours. -- Kenny

[psas-avionics] NUC is back home

2015-05-27 Thread Kenny
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Re: [psas-avionics] Update

2015-05-24 Thread Kenny
AIS data is not displaying at the FDT. Maybe a socat command on the tm3k needs a fresh IP? Future work: - setup Nagios - setup remote syslog everywhere - install Splunk - win! On May 22, 2015 6:31:26 PM PDT, Andrew Greenberg a...@ece.pdx.edu wrote: Kenny got the entire FDT/LTC/FC network stack up

Re: [psas-avionics] Quick update from Tuesday: mostly working jGPS v3 board!

2015-05-01 Thread Kenny
satellite lock indoor using a telescoping antenna, not even remotely tuned for 1.5GHz. http://i.imgur.com/GK7YSCO.png Next, Theo will work magic on the STM32 to fire up the MAX2769 and CPLD. -Kenny ___ psas-avionics mailing list psas-avionics

Re: [psas-avionics] GPSv2rf#2 board stuffed!

2014-09-03 Thread Kenny
will be done once we get L3 and D2 sorted. -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 14:27 -0700, Andrew Greenberg wrote: YAY KENNY! Missing a few components: ... We should have most of those. Weird that we don't. I'll

[psas-avionics] GPSv2rf#2 board stuffed!

2014-08-23 Thread Kenny
and C62 with 10v 100nF caps even though Eagle says they should be 50v. Since I won't be here Tuesday, everything will be in the EPL PSAS locker after my lab hours Sunday. If anyone can get the remaining parts to the EPL by 2pm Sunday, I should be able to get it all finished then. -Kenny

[psas-avionics] Happy little GPS

2014-06-06 Thread Kenny
) in the making of this. A short slice of bare wire (length ~= diameter) was used to bridge the freshly exposed trace to the pad/pin. No other changes required. -- Kenny -+---+++-++---+--+-+-++--++--+-+-++--+++-+++-++-+++---++--++ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic

Re: [psas-avionics] openocd issue

2013-03-17 Thread Kenny
group in order to access /dev/ttyUSB0. If this is the case sudo adduser `whoami` dialout, then log out and log back in. Group membership and related permissions are inherited from your existing login session. (You can also su - `whoami` to freshen permissions for a given shell.) -- Kenny

Re: [psas-avionics] PSAS launch tower computer suggestion

2012-05-08 Thread Kenny
I have a dozen Pi's scheduled to arrive in July. If this isn't too close to launch date, then I would be happy to commit one for PSAS use. This is of course assuming that it would meet the needs of the application. -- Kenny