High Altitude Student Platform

LaACES Fall 2009 Lecture and Activity Schedule

Week	Session	Date	Lecture Title	Activities
1	1	8/27	I1. Overview of the LA ACES Program I2. Introduction to the LA ACES Student Ballooning Course	Introductions of students and faculty. Prepare for team selection. View ACES-01 videos, photos, launch, etc. Hand outs for Electronics1
2	2	9/1	E1. Introduction to Electronics E2. Electronic Components	E1. Electrical Measurements and Instruments E2. Identifying Electronic Components - SkeeterSat Inventory
2	3	9/3	E3. Prototyping Techniques and Soldering E4. Assembly Techniques	E3a. Soldering Tutorial E3b. Reconciling a Schematic with a Layout Diagram E4. Constructing SkeeterSat
3	4	9/8		E4. Constructing SkeeterSat (cont.) SkeeterSat Manual SkeeterSat Schematic
3	5	9/10		E4b. Calibrating SkeeterSat, SkeeterSat reports
4	6	9/15	P1. The BalloonSat Development Board P2. Introduction to Programming	P1. Building the BalloonSat Controller (Stage 1)
4	7	9/17	P3. The BASIC Stamp Editor	P1. Building the Balloon Sat Controller (Stage 1 cont.) P2. Building the BalloonSat Controller (Stage 2)
5	8	9/22		P2. Building the BalloonSat Controller (Stage 2 cont.)
5	9	9/24	P4. Digital I/O: Connecting the Outside World	P3. Simple digital I/O with the BalloonSat Controller
6	10	9/29		P3. Simple digital I/O with the BalloonSat Controller (cont.)
7	11	10/6	E6. Data Acquisition E7. Analog to Digital Converters	E6. Using BoxCar and HOBO E7. A/D Conversion
7	12	10/8	P5. Serial I/O - Communications	P4. Interfacing Serial Peripherals to the BASIC Stamp P5. Communicating to External Memory
8	13	10/13		P4. Interfacing Serial Peripherals to the BASIC Stamp (cont.)
8	14	10/15	P6. Expanding the BASIC Stamp: Useful peripherals	P5. Communicating to External Memory (cont.) P6. Interfacing to a Real-Time Clock
9	15	10/20		E7c. Putting it all together - Interfacing to a sensor Electronics Activity 7c Schematics Electronics Activity 7c Computations Electronics Activity 7c Circuit Model
9	16	10/22		Interfacing to a sensor (cont.) Writing a report on sensor interfacing
10	17	10/27	D1. The LA ACES Balloon Vehicle and Flight Profile D7. Student Payload Choices 2009	D1. What is a BalloonSat? BalloonSat Manual BalloonSat Schematics Researching your payload
10	18	10/29	M1. Management, Life Cycle, Documentation	M1. Developing a team contract The Pre-PDR Document The PDR Document The Pre-CDR Document The CDR Document The FRR Document
11	19	11/3	P7. System Testing and Debugging E5. CAD Tools for Circuit Design	P7. Measuring Temperature and Testing BASIC Stamp Software E5. CAD Tools for Circuit Design
11	20	11/5	D2. Payload Construction Considerations & Techniques	D2. Constructing a Foam-core Board Structure
12	21	11/10	M2. System Design M3. Defining the Project Tasks, Costs & Schedule	M2a. Producing a System Design Drawing Producing charts, tables & flow diagrams Inserting figures & tables into Word documents
12	22	11/12	M4. The Project Schedule M5. Risk and Risk Management	M4a. Producing a timeline with MS Project
13	23	11/17	D3. Payload Thermal Issues & Calculations E8. Power Sources	D3. Identifying Thermal Requirements D4. Thermal Calculations & Measurements
13	24	11/19		D4. Thermal Calculations & Measurements (cont.) E8. Power Source Testing
13	25	11/25	D4. Mechanical Design Guidelines	D5. Testing Materials in Extreme Environments D6. Payload Shock Testing
14	26	12/1		Pre-PDR Reports & Presentations