Every year Portugal is strongly affected in the summer with severe fires.
On June 17, 2017, there was one of the biggest fires to date recorded in Pedrógrão Grande, Portugal. The final balance was registered 66 dead, 254 injured, 7 of whom were in serious condition. Among the deadly victims, 30 died in the car and 17 in its vicinity during the fire escape.
The objective of this project is to simulate a situation where a high altitude satellite or balloon that is positioned in certain areas of Portugal and using an infrared camera on board allows the detection of outbreaks of forest fires.
The construction of the Cansat project involves several people, companies and universities.
The objective of the project is to acquire the value of temperature and atmospheric pressure, in order to infer the altitude and transmit this data to the terrestrial base, and to obtain infrared images, which will be transmitted in real time and also stored on a card from memory.
The material used for the construction of CanSat was:
1 x Infrared camera (FLiR Dev Kit);
1 x Raspberry Pi 0;
1 x GPS Sensor;
1 x Magnetometer;
1 x Acelerometer;
1 x Gyroscope;
6600 mAH battery.
The material for the Ground station was:
1 x Raspberry Pi Model 1;
1 x Modele CC1101 transceiver;
1 x Connected to a 16dB Yagi antenna 433MHz;
1 x Router.
In figure 1, shows the connection diagram for the satellite. To facilitate the interface between all components, only modules with a supply voltage of 3.3V were used, thus avoiding the use of voltage logic converters.
Fig.1 - Connection diagram of the satellite.
In figure 2, we have the schematic and the PCB. The PCB was made in home.
Fig.2 - Schematic and PCB.
Several prototypes were developed, until we reached this last, as show in figure 3 and figure 4.
Fig.3 - 3D planning.
Fig.4 - Final 3D Model.
Fig.5 - Left side of the CanSat.
Fig.6 - Right side of the CanSat.
Fig.7 - Bottom of the CanSat.
Fig.8 - Upside of the CanSat.
Fig.9 - Parachute + CanSat.
Fig.10 - Geral CanSat.
I leave here 4 infrared photos taken in real time by the CanSat was in free fall.
CanSat - Fire Detection
Every year Portugal is strongly affected in the summer with severe fires.
On June 17, 2017, there was one of the biggest fires to date recorded in Pedrógrão Grande, Portugal. The final balance was registered 66 dead, 254 injured, 7 of whom were in serious condition. Among the deadly victims, 30 died in the car and 17 in its vicinity during the fire escape.
The objective of this project is to simulate a situation where a high altitude satellite or balloon that is positioned in certain areas of Portugal and using an infrared camera on board allows the detection of outbreaks of forest fires.
The construction of the Cansat project involves several people, companies and universities.
The objective of the project is to acquire the value of temperature and atmospheric pressure, in order to infer the altitude and transmit this data to the terrestrial base, and to obtain infrared images, which will be transmitted in real time and also stored on a card from memory.
The material used for the construction of CanSat was:
The material for the Ground station was:
In figure 1, shows the connection diagram for the satellite. To facilitate the interface between all components, only modules with a supply voltage of 3.3V were used, thus avoiding the use of voltage logic converters.
Fig.1 - Connection diagram of the satellite.
In figure 2, we have the schematic and the PCB. The PCB was made in home.
Fig.2 - Schematic and PCB.
Several prototypes were developed, until we reached this last, as show in figure 3 and figure 4.
Fig.3 - 3D planning.
Fig.4 - Final 3D Model.
Fig.5 - Left side of the CanSat.
Fig.6 - Right side of the CanSat.
Fig.7 - Bottom of the CanSat.
Fig.8 - Upside of the CanSat.
Fig.9 - Parachute + CanSat.
Fig.10 - Geral CanSat.
I leave here 4 infrared photos taken in real time by the CanSat was in free fall.
Fig.11 - Infrared photo I.
Fig.10 - Infrared photo II.
Fig.10 - Infrared photo III.
Fig.10 - Infrared photo IV.
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