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Flight Data Recorder

For hikes and rides too

Flight Data Recorder
Flight Data Recorder

No need for a piggy-back board any more — the ATM18 module takes to the air to give you a whole heap of very useful information recorded during your flight in a radio-controlled plane. Are you ready? Well, fasten your seatbelts, we’re about to take off. Welcome aboard flight ATM18 in the company of Elektor!

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PCB

Component list

Resistors (0.25W)
R1 = 10kOhm
R2 = 10Ohm
R3, R4 = 330Ohm
R5, R6 = 2.2kOhm
Capacitors
C1 = 22µF 10V (lead pitch 2.5mm)
C2, C3 = 4.7µF 10V (lead pitch 5mm)
C4, C5 = 100nF (lead pitch 2.5mm)
Semiconductors
D1 = 1N4004
D2 = LED, 3mm, orange
D3 = LED, 3mm, yellow
IC1 = 74LS04
Miscellaneous
F1 = fuse, 7mm diameter, see text
K1,JP1–JP4 = 2-pin pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in., 2 contacts
K2 = 6-pin (2x3) pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
K3 = 7-pin pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
K4 = 9-pin pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
K5,K10,K11 = 5-pin pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
K6 = 8-pin pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
K7,K8 = 6-pin pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
K9 = pinheader or solder pin
K12 = 10-pin (2x5) pinheader, lead pitch 0.1 in.
3 pcs 8-pin pinheader, lead pitch 2mm
1 pc 5-pin pinheader, lead pitch 2mm
DIP14 socket for IC1
PCB # 100653-1

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