Book description
What can you measure and what are your limits when orbiting in space? Learn about what physical quantities you can measure and what types of sensors you can buy or build. We cover the 5 essential design limits as well: power, bandwidth, resolution, computing... and legal limitations. Explore what you can play with using your own personal satellite.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. Understanding Measurement
- 2. Introduction to Instruments
- 3. By Wavelength
- 4. Fundamental Detector Types
- 5. Detectors and Instruments and Sensors, Oh My!
- 6. Colors and Brightness
- 7. Resolution, By the Numbers
- 8. Noise
- 9. Calibration
- 10. Protocols
- 11. Instrument Modes
- 12. Off-the-Shelf Sensor Hardware
- 13. Committing, Freezing, Moving Forward
- A. Exercises
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: DIY Instruments for Amateur Space
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2013
- Publisher(s): Make: Community
- ISBN: 9781449310646
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