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diff --git a/doc/micropeak.xsl b/doc/micropeak.xsl index cb35d98b..66b04072 100644 --- a/doc/micropeak.xsl +++ b/doc/micropeak.xsl @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ <year>2012</year> <holder>Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard</holder> </copyright> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-dime.jpg" width="6in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> <legalnotice> <para> This document is released under the terms of the @@ -99,6 +104,13 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 holder with the positive (+) terminal facing away from the circuit board. </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-back.jpg" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> </listitem> <listitem> <para> @@ -199,6 +211,13 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 </chapter> <chapter> <title>The MicroPeak USB adapter</title> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="MicroPeakUSB-2.0.jpg" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> <para> MicroPeak stores barometric pressure information for the first 48 seconds of the flight in on-board non-volatile memory. The @@ -229,12 +248,57 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 </para> </listitem> <listitem> + <?dbfo keep-together="always"?> <para> - Start the MicroPeak application and click on the Download - button at the top of the window. + Start the MicroPeak application. </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-nofont.svg" width="0.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> </listitem> <listitem> + <?dbfo keep-together="always"?> + <para> + Click on the Download button at the top of the window. + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-app.png" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <?dbfo keep-together="always"?> + <para> + Select from the listed devices. There will probably be + only one. + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-device-dialog.png" width="2.3in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The application will now wait until it receives valid data + from the MicroPeak USB adapter. + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-download.png" width="2in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> <para> The MicroPeak USB adapter has a small phototransistor under the hole in the center of the box. @@ -244,8 +308,16 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 adapter blinking in time with the orange LED on the MicroPeak board itself. </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="MicroPeakUSB-2.0-inuse.jpg" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> </listitem> <listitem> + <?dbfo keep-together="always"?> <para> After the maximum flight height is reported, MicroPeak will pause for a few seconds, blink the LED four times rapidly @@ -255,6 +327,22 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 data to a file. If not, you can power cycle the MicroPeak board and try again. </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-save-dialog.png" width="2.3in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <?dbfo keep-together="always"?> + <para> + Once the data are saved, a graph will be displayed with + height, speed and acceleration values computed from the + recorded barometric pressure data. See the next section + for more details on that. + </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -283,26 +371,6 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 otherwise be swamped with noise. </para> <para> - Under the Graph tab, the height, speed and acceleration values - are displayed together. You can zoom in on the graph by - clicking and dragging to sweep out an area of - interest. Right-click on the plot to bring up a menu that will - let you save, copy or print the graph. - </para> - <para> - The Statistics tab presents overall data from the flight. Note - that the Maximum height value is taken from the minumum - pressure captured in flight, and may be different from the - apparant apogee value as the on-board data are sampled twice - as fast as the recorded values, or because the true apogee - occurred after the on-board memory was full. Each value is - presented in several units as appropriate. - </para> - <para> - A table consisting of the both the raw barometric pressure - data and values computed from that for each recorded time. - </para> - <para> The File menu has operations to open existing flight logs, Download new data from MicroPeak, Save a copy of the flight log to a new file, Export the tabular data (as seen in the Raw @@ -310,9 +378,80 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200 the current window or close all windows and Exit the application. </para> + <section> + <title>MicroPeak Graphs</title> + <para> + Under the Graph tab, the height, speed and acceleration values + are displayed together. You can zoom in on the graph by + clicking and dragging to sweep out an area of + interest. Right-click on the plot to bring up a menu that will + let you save, copy or print the graph. + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-graph.png" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </section> + <section> + <title>MicroPeak Flight Statistics</title> + <para> + The Statistics tab presents overall data from the flight. Note + that the Maximum height value is taken from the minumum + pressure captured in flight, and may be different from the + apparant apogee value as the on-board data are sampled twice + as fast as the recorded values, or because the true apogee + occurred after the on-board memory was full. Each value is + presented in several units as appropriate. + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-statistics.png" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </section> + <section> + <title>Raw Data</title> + <para> + A table consisting of the both the raw barometric pressure + data and values computed from that for each recorded time. + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-raw-data.png" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </section> + <section> + <title>Configuring the Graph</title> + <para> + This selects which graph elements to show, and lets you + switch between metric and imperial units + </para> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-graph-configure.png" width="4.5in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> + </section> </section> <section> - <title>Configuring the MicroPeak application</title> + <title>Setting MicroPeak Preferences</title> + <informalfigure> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="micropeak-preferences.png" width="1.8in"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </informalfigure> <para> The MicroPeak application has a few user settings which are configured through the Preferences dialog, which can be |