altitude logger

[gentleman169]

Has anyone made a simple altitude logger with a MS5534 sensor from Intersema? Just starting to learn about PIC's and found some info on this sensor , it looks pretty simple to build because it has temp. and A/D built in.I just don't have the know-how to write the program for the PIC.

[MX]

Has anyone made a simple altitude logger with a MS5534 sensor from Intersema? Just starting to learn about PIC's and found some info on this sensor , it looks pretty simple because it has temp. and A/D built in.

Interesting. Do you know what it costs?

MX

[gentleman169]

No don't know what it cost but I requested a sample of it.

[Acetronics]

Hi, Gentlemen

MS5534 costs 40 Euros in France ( ~ the same in $s ) note: retail price ... !!!

Alain

[gentleman169]

I found a design online at http://www.kapelec.com/altiose1.htm. This looks interesting but transmits video and other stuff I'm wanting to just log altitude, that I can store in eeprom and download later onto computer.

Michael

[Luap]

Here's another one using the MSMS5534. Has some added bonus - can log voltage / amps /rpm and 3rc channels too and weighs a mere 12g!
Got one myself and pretty hapy eventhough I don't log altitude (use it on a micro heli).
http://home.arcor.de/d_meissner/d_logg2_engl.htm
You can check more about it on:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rc_datalogger

[gentleman169]

Luap
Did you build this logger or did you buy one already built?

[Luap]

I bought one already build from
http://members.aon.at/w.walter/page_4_1.html
You can buy the different sensors from him too.
The one I got logs Bec voltage, battery voltage, battery amps, RPM, temperature, altitude and with appropriate connectors up tp 3 rc channels.
It not cheap and the software is not very comfortable to use but otherwise works well.
Here's a graph of my piccolo moth hovering.
Log.gif (http://members.freemail.ch/paulg/Log.gif )

[topflight-rcu]

Laup, How much is not cheap. Is it more than the EagleTree?

[Luap]

The config I bought was approx. 170 Euro.