Monthly Archives: August 2011

iPhone and charging

I (deliberately) flattened my iPhone today so I could charge it with its own charger. I about 19:00 I plugged it in to my kill a watt meter to see how much power it uses.  I’m assuming the meter isn’t … Continue reading

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FASTRAC

1200mk: fm FAST2 to BEACON ctl UI pid=F0(Text) len 123 23:22:10 F21001633 38263.461363903952.94 -3773326.54 +4430538.23 +0.00000 +0.00000 +0.00000+1297283286 011 015 011 015 018 9600mk: fm FAST2 to FAST1 ctl SABM 23:26:59 9600mk: fm FAST2 to FAST1 ctl SABM 23:27:30 1200mk: … Continue reading

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iPhone and PV charging

A few weeks ago I was looking around the lab at the remnants of old projects and realised that we probably had enough bits to put together a solar powered charging station for phones. I.e. a 30 Watt PV panel … Continue reading

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FASTRAC

1200mk: fm FAST2 to BEACON ctl UI pid=F0(Text) len 123 08:41:05 F21001633 38263.461363903952.94 -3773326.54 +4430538.23 +0.00000 +0.00000 +0.00000+1348283286 008 014 007 014 024 1200mk: fm FAST2 to BEACON ctl UI pid=F0(Text) len 123 10:23:04 F21001633 38263.461363903952.94 -3773326.54 +4430538.23 +0.00000 +0.00000 … Continue reading

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Arissat-1

Arissat-1 is hopefully going to be deployed late afternoon Irish time tomorrow, August 3rd. That means switched on and given a bit of a push away from the International Space Station (ISS) during EVA-29. I was listening for it during … Continue reading

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FASTRAC

1200mk: fm FAST2 to BEACON ctl UI pid=F0(Text) len 123 12:50:10 F21001633 38263.461363903952.94 -3773326.54 +4430538.23 +0.00000 +0.00000 +0.00000+1375283286 009 013 009 016 024

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