August 2, 2008

PongSat - Picaxe Microcontroller Based

  This Picaxe microcontroller project looks great, there is lots of technology packaged into that tiny ping pong ball. Have a look at the PongSat initiative for more information on the purpose of the device. "A PongSat is an experiment that fits inside of a ping pong ball. These ping pong ball ‘satellites’ are flown to the edge of space by balloon or launched in sounding rockets.The PongSats are then