i wonder if this would run the ALTOS program for the telemetrum?
I mean running altos.... which is the interface program... basicly acting as the ground station in-lieu of the laptop.
Why? It seems like a rather logical argument to me. This is an excellent example of the KISS principle. To me, using the Pi for any typical rocketry applications would be like replacing the plastic flap governer on a two stroke Briggs and Stratton with a PLC setup.
Did you see that Android 4.0 has been ported to Raspberry pi? Maybe you can have a rocket which runs OpenRocket! BTW - where did you get yours?
The Pi is not suitable for a flight computer, but there are a lot more possibilities than that. Only two people seem to be stuck in the flight-computer only mindset, and they seem to be the two people busy declaring nothing could possibly work.
Hah, then you could control not only airstarting, but groundstarting: it ignites once the wind dies down for five seconds, and cancels if the wind picks back up.
You have it start the countdown as soon as the wind dies, and if the wind picks back up it would stop automatically.
You have it start the countdown as soon as the wind dies, and if the wind picks back up it would stop automatically.
So in the future we'll hear the LCO say "5-4-3-2-1 ok, computer, you have my permission to launch when ready".
Interesting! I may have to give that a try on another flash drive. I expect a touch interface transferred to a mouse/keyboard will be an epic fail (Windows 8), though.
Mine came from Element 14; it actually came 3 weeks earlier than they last said it would.
I ordered mine back in April; lead times are now about 5 weeks, from what I understand.
-Kevin
Got mine yesterday evening. Up and running, next is to install openoffice, java and openrocket ...
I am using the soft float. I had heard it was slow, but wanted to give it a shot to see if it was at least useable.
Kevin,
The initial startup and execution of the simulations are a little slow, the UI responses were fine. I haven't tried the plots yet - I will get to those tonight. The startup and execution is only objectionable when compared to today's instant gratification culture with multi-GB memory and multi-core multi-GHz CPUs. Coming from an era where computers only existed in large businesses and colleges, it is more than acceptable to me. I just wanted people to not expect blazing performance from this platform. The fact that it runs at all impresses me the most.
Guy
I had the exact same ideas for when I get one...
I see this having more of a "smart rocket" system, as in one that monitors it's stability in flight, and can adjust accordingly. Also, one that can look with a camera while under decent and steer itself away from trees....
With this kind of computing power, the possibilities are endless. Overkill for "normal" applications, but who wants to be normal?
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