Tiny4FSK: A Lightweight High-Altitude Tracking System for Weather Balloons
By
mpkendall
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Summary
The Tiny4FSK project is a lightweight high-altitude tracking system designed for weather balloons, currently in the R&D phase. It operates on a single AA battery, lasting 10-17 hours, and uses 4FSK (4-frequency shift keying) for tracking. The Rev. 4 PCB files and code are now incorporated, with testing underway. The project is open for contributions on GitHub.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledTiny4FSK aims to be an ultra-tiny high-altitude tracking system.
It runs on 1 AA battery that lasts for 10-17 hours.
WORK IN PROGRESS - Please do not rely on this as your only tracking system.
Rev. 4 is fully working! Currently testing.
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