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CanSat 2014

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Monitoring parameters

 

Air temperature and air humidity using DHT11 or DHT22 sensor connected to a digital Arduino pin.

From data collected by this sensor we will also calculate the Dew Point.
Air Pressure using MPX4115 or MPL115A1 connected to an analog or digital Arduino pin.

 

Using air pressure we will calculate the altitude of CanSat.
Battery voltage using analog Arduino pin.
UV radiation using Grove UV sensor, using Arduino analog pin.
Air quality using Grove UV sensor, using Arduino analog pin.
MQ2 and MQ9 gas sensors connected to analog Arduino pin. These sensors will detect the concentration of smoke carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases.
GPS data (UTC time, latitude, longitude, mean sea level altitude, number of satellites tracked) connected to a digital Arduino pin. We will be able to compare the altitude calculated from air pressure data with the altitude determinate by GPS system.
3 axis acceleration and 3 axes gyroscope using MPU6050 digital sensor connected to a digital Arduino pin. This is an Inertial Management Unit (IMU) system.
3 axes magnetometer HMC5883L digital.

The image above present one of our first parachute tests, to be more specific x and y coordinate versus time (during the CanSat flight). We made a video of the CanSat descent and we used LoggerPro Vernier software to analyse the flight. From this graphic we can conclude that we must drop off the CanSat from a higher altitude in order to have a constant velocity

 

 

 

 

 

 


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