search

StateFarm-STEM / hablogger

High Altitude Balloon Data Logging Project
Other
16 stars 9 forks source link

Update code to allow the GPS to work at altitude #102

Closed pankonen closed 11 months ago

pankonen commented 1 year ago

Remove altitude limitations we currently have with existing code.

@snarfattack and @ssamjung2 I think had an email trail with how to solve this. I tentatively assign them on this. We will discuss when we huddle as a core team as well.

tdeknecht commented 1 year ago

Does this apply to both the c and python projects?

pankonen commented 12 months ago

Honestly I'm not sure. I'm not sure I can easily identify which data files are Pico vs Arduino in the folder. I THINK it was Android only.

I'll pop a story to update post flight procedures / tasks one being to upload the data to Github and identify the files a little better. I'll also make sure we are formatting the data the same and at the same time intervals.

tdeknecht commented 11 months ago

Honestly I'm not sure. I'm not sure I can easily identify which data files are Pico vs Arduino in the folder. I THINK it was Android only.

I'll pop a story to update post flight procedures / tasks one being to upload the data to Github and identify the files a little better. I'll also make sure we are formatting the data the same and at the same time intervals.

With those other stories being opened, is this one still needed, or is this dependent on those other stories being completed?

snarfattack commented 11 months ago

I copied code from the Arduino based APRS trackers that were working as expected at high altitude. The GPS modules with GoouuuTech branding on them do not work when placed into high altitude mode. We get no lat/lon coordinates back from the module. I purchased the HiLetgo NEO-7M GPS module instead, and the code works as expected at low altitude during testing. These modules have ublox branded gps chips.

Since we expect that classes will still use the old modules for now and we want them to still get locks and gps data at low altitude, I will upload the high altitude code to fly in a separate code file.