NearSpace Easy

The NearSpace Easy is the next higher level near space flight computer. The design is under development and will becone a kit if there is sufficient interest.

Features of the NearSpace Easy

  1. Small, 4 inches by 4 inches
  2. Operates from two battery packs to protect the mission from servo drain
  3. Eight A to D channels that provide power to experiments and are capable of digitizing at twelve bits of resolution
  4. GPS Port for transmitting and recording GPS data
  5. Second GPS port for recording GPS data
  6. Six bi-directional digital channels in the Digital Port
  7. Servo Port to control three servos
  8. Commit Pin that prevents the flight computer from collecting data until Commit Pin is pulled
  9. LCD screen
  10. Built-in radio and antenna jack
  11. Antenna kit is part of the package
  12. Powered by the BASIC Stamp 2 (the BS2pe is recommended)
  13. Makes use of scratch pad memory for parse GPS data
  14. Up to 30 kb of data storage
  15. Easy to program in PBASIC

Sample Flight Code
Sample Downloading Code

To program the NearSpace Easy's BASIC Stamp, you'll need to download the Parallax Programmer. It's free at their website