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authorBdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>2011-01-17 09:49:45 -0700
committerBdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>2011-01-17 09:49:45 -0700
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parentafd3d3cdb8c2291c1c7cda7908392d68cd04f87f (diff)
update documentation to reflect reality that modifying a board or separate
pyro battery is not as simple as one trace cut on v1.0 and v1.1 boards
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@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Uses LiPo to fire e-matches, support for optional separate pyro
- battery if needed.
+ Uses LiPo to fire e-matches, can be modiied to support
+ optional separate pyro battery if needed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -449,11 +449,10 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
to fire ejection charges. This works marvelously with standard
low-current e-matches like the J-Tek from MJG Technologies, and with
Quest Q2G2 igniters. However, if you
- want or need to use a separate pyro battery, you can do so by adding
- a second 2mm connector to position B2 on the board and cutting the
- thick pcb trace connecting the LiPo battery to the pyro circuit between
- the two silk screen marks on the surface mount side of the board shown
- here [insert photo]
+ want or need to use a separate pyro battery, the board can be factory
+ modified to do so. This involves cutting two traces and adding a jumper
+ in a densely populated part of the board on TeleMetrum v1.0 and v1.1,
+ along with installation of a pyro battery connector at location B2.
</para>
<para>
We offer two choices of pyro and power switch connector, or you can