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title: Balloon Payload Project
subtitle: <a href="https://spacegrant.carthage.edu/">Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium</a>&#58; <a href="https://spacegrant.carthage.edu/funding-programs/undergraduate/balloon-research/payload/" target="blank">Elijah High-Altitude Balloon Payload</a> Internship
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                <h3>Technical Skills Used</h3>
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                        <li align="left">Arduino</li>
                        <li align="left">Soldering</li>
                        <li align="left">3D Printing</li>
                        <li align="left">Foam Cutting</li>
                        <li align="left">Electrical Design</li>
                        <li align="left">Hardware Programming</li>
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                <h3>Hardware &amp; Layout</h3>
                <p>There were 2 payloads. The main one holding 3 experiments, and the other one holding 1 experiment.</p>
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                        <li align="left">Arduino Mega 2560</li>
                        <li align="left">Arduino Nano</li>
                        <li align="left">Weather Shield (Humidity, Temperature,Pressure)</li>
                        <li align="left">IMU (Velocity,Acceleration,Rotation)</li>
                        <li align="left">Servo Motor</li>
                        <li align="left">Solar Cells</li>
                        <li align="left">Go Pro</li>
                        <li align="left">Canon Camera with CHDK</li>
                        <li align="left">9V Batteries</li>
                        <li align="left">Other ICs and electrical components</li>
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                <h3>How it Works</h3>
                <h4>Experiments</h4>
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                    <li>Solar Cell Efficiency with Altitude</li>
                    <li>Measuring Atmosphereic Electric Fields</li>
                    <li>Characterizing Payload Spin using Solar Cells</li>
                    <li>Determining the Breakdown Voltage of Air with Altitude</li>
                    <li>Capturing pictures with IR filter to gauge crop healthiness</li>
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                <p>In addition to the experiments, another area of focus was the payload structure itself. One cool feature is the hula-hoop stabilization ring that increases the moment of inertia of the capsule and therefore helps reduce the amount of rotation the payload would experience during flight.</p>
                <h4>Published Paper</h4>
                <p>Please see my team's <a href="https://wsgc.carthage.edu/ojs/index.php/wsc/article/view/116/115" target="blank">published report</a> to read more about each experiment and their results.</p>
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                <h3>Demo Video</h3>
                <p>Check out the video below to see our team's balloon pop near 100,000 ft!</p>
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