On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Keith Packard <[email protected]> wrote:
>  * Increase the maximum computed altitude from 32767m to
>    2147483647m. Back when TeleMetrum v1.0 was designed, we never
>    dreamed we'd be flying to 100k' or more. Now that's surprisingly
>    common, and so we've increased the size of the altitude data
>    values to fit modern rocketry needs.
>
>  * Continuously evaluate pyro firing condition during delay
>    period. The previous firmware would evaluate the pyro firing
>    requirements, and once met, would delay by the indicated amount and
>    then fire the channel. If the conditions had changed state, the
>    channel would still fire. Now, the conditions are continuously
>    evaluated during the delay period and if they change state, the
>    event is suppressed.


3 Questions, 2 related to the above quoted parts:


-1. If the conditions are met, then a delay is started, the conditions
are no longer met, the event is suppressed, then the conditions are
met again, and the delay time expires before they are not met, does
the event occur?

-2. What happens if you exceed 100k' with a previous version (1.4.1)
of the firmware on a Telemega? There's a (very small) chance I'll be
doing that next weekend, and after 2 months of trying to get my
Telemega to work on 1.4 / 1.4.1 and finally having an acceptable
flight today, I'm not going to risk updating to a new software version
6 days before launch.

3. Unrelatedly, what is the best way to set a backup main parachute
deployment on a Telemega? I tried a parameter configuration today that
seemed to make sense (I don't quite recall the configuration and
haven't unpacked yet to pull it off the alt) and it didn't fire the
match. Just want to see what's the recommended configuration, for say,
channel C to fire a backup main at 4,000m?

Thanks,

-Andrew


Andrew Wimmer
Department of Electrical Engineering-MS 2015
University of California, Los Angeles
MIT Aero/Astro 2012
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