{"id":335,"date":"2009-07-30T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T19:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=335"},"modified":"2009-07-30T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T20:31:43","slug":"blastpol-and-acs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"BLASTpol and Preliminary ACS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The beginnings of an attitude control system have been integrated with BLASTpol. I&#8217;ve been working with Natalie on getting gyroscope readout working and Laura has been working in parallel with the help of Pedro to enable us to command the motors.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, I took these because Giles requested photos of the gondola, and I didn&#8217;t have any taken since the gondola was first assembled.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-335 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=336'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0595-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0595-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0595-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0595-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-336'>\n\t\t\t\tThe port aft view (by Juan) as of last week.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=343'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0660-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0660-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0660-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0660-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0660.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-343'>\n\t\t\t\tPort Aft Again Today. Now with power system and ACS\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=344'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0661-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0661-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0661-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0661-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0661.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-344'>\n\t\t\t\tThe port bow view shows off the business end (or at least where the business end will be)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=339'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0663-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0663-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0663-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0663-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-339'>\n\t\t\t\tA closer look at the bow and not-yet-business end\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=380'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0665-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0665-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0665-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0665-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-380'>\n\t\t\t\tThe beginnings of an Attitude control System: setup for gyro readout and motor commanding\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=341'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0668-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0668-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0668-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0668-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-341'>\n\t\t\t\tThe ACS, seen from above\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=345'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0667-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0667-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0667-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0667-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-345'>\n\t\t\t\tWhile I was up there, I also did starboard bow inner frame from above\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=346'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0671-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0671-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0671-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0671-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_0671.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-346'>\n\t\t\t\tand the whole thing from above.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' 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