ground-dashboard

Setup

Receiver

The ground Arduino software receives transmitted packets and sent them out to serial encoded in base 64. Install the ground.ino file using the Arduino IDE.

Ground dashboard

The dashboard is a text-based tool for tracking and logging received telemetry. To use it, download a release from the GitHub project or build the dashboard using the following steps:

$ cd ground/dashboard
$ make install
$ make build

Then, run the dashboard using the following ./build/white-vest-dashboard-Darwin-i386 --input /dev/cu.usbmodem143101 --output web.

Note that white-vest-dashboard-Darwin-i386 will change based on the system you are using and /dev/cu.usbmodem143101 is the path to the Arduino serial connection. To view the web dashboard, pass in web for the --output option and open http://localhost:8080/, to view the text dashboard pass in text for the --output option.

Tool

The tool is a utility for after-flight work. To use it, download a release from the GitHub project or build the dashboard using the following steps:

$ cd ground/tool
$ make install
$ make build

The overall command structure is:

$ white-vest-tool [TASK] [FLAGS]

Taks/Flags:

• convert: Converts telemtry data to plain old JSON for analysis
  • --input: The file path to the input file
  • --output: The file path to output to
  • --type: The "type" of data. Right now the only valid option, and the default value, is inboard. This is the CSV file generated on the telemetry module during flight. I recommend reviewing the data and clipping the pre-launch and post-landing useless data for faster conversion.
  • --progress: true or false, print a progress bar during conversion
• summary: Analyze the data and print a few summary data points like apogee, max v, etc
  • --input: The file path to the input file (use the file made during convert)
• chart: Generate altitude and velocity charts
  • --input: The file path to the input file (use the file made during convert)
  • --ouput: The directory to save the charts to