A Garmin GPS 15 L has been ordered for testing with our transmitter. We should be able to hook it up to a spare prototype board to program it before hooking it up to the test transmitter circuit. This device is yet another item not easily available in the UK (or the EU for that matter) and has had to be purchased from the United States. Not that I have any problem ordering from the States, but the long lead times as a result of international shipping can be a little frustrating.
Next week we will be testing the camera. Getting deja vu...? I did report that last Friday too, but due to Phil's holiday we have been unable to progress that any further this week. Phil hasn't been completely away from the project though - he has been working on the Zephyrus 1 capsule. Hopefully there will be more to report next week on this.
Andy has been doing further development on the back-end of our tracking solution (as well as adding and tidying the gadgets and layout of the blog). Although the main component is functionally complete, he has set some additional goals beyond what has already been achieved. The new target is a full dashboard - effectively a head-up display for Zephyrus 1. I can't tell you how detailed the HUD will be, but potentially it could allow us on-the-fly predictions of burst point and subsequently landing point. As Andy is away for two weeks, I'm afraid you'll have to sit tight for further information.
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