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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just thought of another question about this
schematic. Maybe it's another question for the old farts! ;)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, looking at <A
href="http://www.rocket-roar.com/rap/altschem.jpg">http://www.rocket-roar.com/rap/altschem.jpg</A>,
on the top, after each of the 10uF 16V caps, it says "tant." What the
heck is that? I've never seen it before.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again for the help,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=hangr18@hotmail.com href="mailto:hangr18@hotmail.com">Brian
Sikkema</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=simpits-chat@simpits.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:07
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [simpits-chat] Altimeter
Question</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hehe. Ultimate irony, sometime down the road I'm
planning on building a Tube Amp for my bass! :) And I'm working on repairing
an old tube radio that my parents have. So I've got a little experience with
the old buggers! :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, thanks for all the help with the
altimeter stuff. I'm actually looking at switching it over to a Basic Stamp I
rather than the 2 - largely because of cost. 2 is about $50, while 1 is about
$34. The only main difference is the amount of memory, so if I did go with a 1
I would have to throw out the idea of doing any datalogging, but I don't
really care about that so much. As for programming, I think I could manage
that, we've got a simple way to tell if we've hit apogee with the accel data,
then a preset timer from there, then *poof* out goes the ejection
charge.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need to download some of the documentation,
though, and start figureing some of this stuff out. Right now the main thing
that is confusing me is the pinouts. The code says out12 for the led, but on
the schematic it's connected to pin 17, and pin 4 shows up twice...unless I am
completely mis-reading something, which I probably am. Anyway I'm starting to
get really excited about this project, it looks like I'll be able to build
exactly what I need for a lot cheaper than I could buy one. My one big problem
now is finding some way to program the basic stamp - programming boards cost
$$$. But hell, I go to a tech school, with a rather large EE department. I'm
sure I can find SOMETHING to borrow! :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>