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COTS balloonsat mission to test the RPi 4 with a battery UPS, a quad camarray, a GPS module, a RockBLOCK module, and a small number of Qwiic sensors
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Setup procedure (TODO)

1. Micro SD card image

  1. Latest Raspbian.
  2. 3 partitions:
    1. OS.
    2. Telemetry.
    3. Camera data (stills, videos).
  3. Libraries:
    1. Sensor libraries Sensor Installation Reference URL Guide
      CircuitPython sudo pip3 install Adafruit-Blinka https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-on-raspberrypi-linux
      High-accuracy temperature sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-tmp117 https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TMP117 https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tmp117-high-accuracy-i2c-temperature-monitor/python-circuitpython
      Enrironmental sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-bme680 https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BME680 https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-bme680-humidity-temperature-barometic-pressure-voc-gas/python-circuitpython
      IMU sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-icm20x https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ICM20X https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tdk-invensense-icm-20948-9-dof-imu/python-circuitpython
      Voltage and current sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ina219 https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_INA219 https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ina219-current-sensor-breakout/python-circuitpython
    2. RockBLOCK libraries.
    3. GPS libraries.
    4. Camera?
    5. UPS library.
  4. Drivers:
    1. Camera.
  5. Configuration:
    1. Adafruit script includes a lot of setup for the RPi.
    2. I2C enable.
    3. Camera enable.
    4. Serial enable.
  6. Transfer (R/W) between Micro SD and other storage.

2. Run ground test

Tests if the image has everything set up correctly, including all the components.

3. Flight executive test

  1. v0.1: Startup on power on, test power, and shutdown.