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• parts for uk
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  Am trying to get hold of parts to make this balloon satellite, but I'm having problems matching parts from uk suppliers
  
  I think I've found equivalents for most of the bits, and ordered a minicam off ebay, but I can't tell the exact specs of the relay, as the radioshack website is very scant on the details and I cant tell exactly which one I need from a uk supplier
  
  Does anyone know?
  
  thanks

  Posted by tubbs_uk on November 17, 2010 at 10:45:28 Pacific Time

• Programming the Triggering
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  So I've built the trigger board, Downloaded and installed the Revolution Education's free AXEpad, Installed the drivers for the USB cable, and Identified its location at COM4. I then went to makezine.com/24/ballooncam and copy/pasted the Camera_timer.bas file into AXEpad. I then hit program and I get this error message -----> " Download for PICAXE -18x on COM4 Failed. Error: Hardware not found on COM4!" Is it because I didn't attach the 9 volt battery? Well I'm going to give that a try. Otherwise please let me know if you have a solution.

  Posted by verbatim5813 on January 10, 2011 at 16:10:42 Pacific Time

• Project Troubles
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  I experienced the following problem with this project:
  1. It is very difficult to solder 18 gauge wire to a breakaway header. The wire is just too big.
  2. I can't get my Vista computer to find the circuit board for programming. It assigned COM9 after the driver install, but couldn't connect. I went through the process of changing the COM port number, but I don't know why. These seem like virtual COM ports anyway because I don't have 20 USB ports on my computer. I tried plugging the USB cable into each of my COM ports, but no luck. I am stuck.
  
  Thanks for any help.

  Posted by thelacyzone on March 18, 2011 at 15:38:42 Pacific Time

• request a pointer: tiny soldering
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  I'm tackling this project, and things are going well in the initial stages. I've taken an Aries 3 keychain camera apart, and I'm looking at the shutter button's leads. I'm supposed to solder wire to those? The solder I use is wider than the space between the switch and another component on the board.
  
  Does anyone have any advice for making these connections? Should I have a needle-narrow tip for my soldering iron?
  
  Thanks in advance for any advice/lesson.

  Posted by jasonmiller2 on June 12, 2011 at 11:56:40 Pacific Time

• downloading pics from Aries camera
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  Is there a trick for getting pics from an Aries camera to an OS X machine? I can't find a driver, software, or anything. Is there something out there (e.g., linux CLI utility) I can use?

  Posted by jasonmiller2 on July 17, 2011 at 11:59:21 Pacific Time