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    SkeeterSat Report

    Alexander Ledo

    Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA


    Spring 2018 LA ACES

    February 21,2018 Spring 2018 LA ACES 1


    What is a SkeeterSat?
     The SkeeterSat is a basic data collection system.
     The Goal of the LA ACES program is to build a balloon
    payload to gather data and to teach valuable skills to
    students.
     Professor Bob Twiggs developed the CricketSat to be a low
    cost way for students to experiment with data collection
    and telemetry.
     The SkeeterSat evolved from the CricketSat. The
    SkeeterSat lacks an onboard radio and adds a light sensor.
     Both use a speaker to output data.
     The two physical parameters that effect the audio tones on
    the SkeeterSat are temperature, which changes the
    frequency, and light intensity, which changes the interval
    between the audio tones.

    Figure 1: Balloon Sat Launch Vehicle Source: LAACES Intro Presentation I1.

    February 21,2018 Spring 2018 LA ACES 2


    SkeeterSat Circuit Diagram

    Figure 2: SkeeterSat Circuit Diagram identifies the components used and how they are connected.
    Source: LaACES skeetersat-Schematic.pdf
    February 21,2018 Spring 2018 LA ACES 3
    SkeeterSat Assembly
    • The SkeeterSat Assembly and Operation Manual was used.
    • Double checked each component before soldering.

    February 21,2018 Spring 2018 LA ACES 4


    Figure 3-7: SkeeterSat PCB Assembly from SkeeterSat Assembly Manual
    SkeeterSat Thermistor
    Calibration

    Figure 3: Shows the equipment used to calibrate the SkeeterSat

    February 21,2018 Spring 2018 LA ACES 5


    Skeeter Sat Calibration Results
    Tempurature (Celcius)

    80
    y = 5E-05x2 - 0.0538x + 26.066
    R² = 0.9967
    70

    60

    50

    40

    30

    20
    900 1100 1300 1500 1700
    February 21,2018 Spring 2018 LA ACES 6

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