[AR] Re: Spin stabilized rocket
- From: Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 20:50:30 -1000
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 7:56 PM Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
are about your only choice for external attitude reference. Fortunately,
lightweight miniature star trackers, e.g. the Sinclair ST-16, are now very
good: point one at any part of the sky not too close to the Sun, and half
a second later it reports full three-axis attitude to sub-arcminute
precision.)
$120k, or if you want they'll throw in a baffle for an extra $20k.
A computer vision board with a camera and similar level of onboard
computation is $60.
https://amzn.to/2RigPJk ;(which would, with an ND
filter, work well as a COTS 2D sun tracker fwiw)
I wonder how much CMU would need to make a Pixy-style startracker.
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