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diff --git a/doc/intro.inc b/doc/intro.inc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..28daa41a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/intro.inc @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +== Introduction and Overview + + Welcome to the Altus Metrum community! Our circuits and software reflect + our passion for both hobby rocketry and Free Software. We hope their + capabilities and performance will delight you in every way, but by + releasing all of our hardware and software designs under open licenses, + we also hope to empower you to take as active a role in our collective + future as you wish! + + The first device created for our community was TeleMetrum, a dual + deploy altimeter with fully integrated GPS and radio telemetry + as standard features, and a “companion interface” that will + support optional capabilities in the future. The latest version + of TeleMetrum, v2.0, has all of the same features but with + improved sensors and radio to offer increased performance. + + Our second device was TeleMini, a dual deploy altimeter with + radio telemetry and radio direction finding. The first version + of this device was only 13mm by 38mm (½ inch by 1½ inches) and + could fit easily in an 18mm air-frame. The latest version, v2.0, + includes a beeper, USB data download and extended on-board + flight logging, along with an improved barometric sensor. + + TeleMega is our most sophisticated device, including six pyro + channels (four of which are fully programmable), integrated GPS, + integrated gyroscopes for staging/air-start inhibit and high + performance telemetry. + + EasyMini is a dual-deploy altimeter with logging and built-in + USB data download. + + EasyMega is essentially a TeleMega board with the GPS receiver + and telemetry transmitter removed. It offers the same 6 pyro + channels and integrated gyroscopes for staging/air-start inhibit. + + TeleDongle v0.2 was our first ground station, providing a USB to RF + interfaces for communicating with the altimeters. Combined with + your choice of antenna and notebook computer, TeleDongle and our + associated user interface software form a complete ground + station capable of logging and displaying in-flight telemetry, + aiding rocket recovery, then processing and archiving flight + data for analysis and review. The latest version, TeleDongle + v3, has all new electronics with a higher performance radio + for improved range. + + For a slightly more portable ground station experience that also + provides direct rocket recovery support, TeleBT offers flight + monitoring and data logging using a Bluetooth™ connection between + the receiver and an Android device that has the AltosDroid + application installed from the Google Play store. + + More products will be added to the Altus Metrum family over time, and + we currently envision that this will be a single, comprehensive manual + for the entire product family. |